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Maybe most of English-speaking Canada doesn't care about the so-called Turmel Affair.
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The NDP's Federal Council endorsed the choice a day after Turmel received caucus support.
Canada's NDP Names Interim Chief Nirmala Menon 2011
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It was a different sort of shock when he simultaneously recommended that rookie MP and former public service union head Nycole Turmel as his interim replacement.
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It didn't help that only days after Turmel was approved by the party's national council as the interim leader, it emerged that she had been a card-carrying member of the separatist Bloc Quebecois up until January of this year – only months before she ran as a star NDP candidate in Quebec.
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As it did when Layton recommended Turmel, the party will no doubt heed his advice.
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Mr. Layton, who said he expected to return to Parliament in September after the summer break, recommended the party appoint Ms. Turmel as interim leader.
Canada's NDP Names Interim Chief Nirmala Menon 2011
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Ms. Turmel, former leader of a large public service union, won a seat in a Quebec constituency in May.
Canada's NDP Names Interim Chief Nirmala Menon 2011
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When the House sits again in September, Turmel will inevitably lead off "question period", and serve as the primary spokeswoman for a party that will no longer be sitting in a bizarre, expectant stasis resting on the assumption that Layton will return, but instead, rollicking toward a leadership race and a by-election in Layton's Toronto-Danforth riding.
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OTTAWA—The national council of Canada's opposition New Democratic Party Thursday confirmed novice lawmaker and former union head Nycole Turmel as interim chief while leader Jack Layton takes a temporary leave of absence to battle a new form of cancer.
Canada's NDP Names Interim Chief Nirmala Menon 2011
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And how well will Turmel perform against an experienced and often fierce government message machine?
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