Marwah Rizqy kicked out of Liberal caucus
Marwah Rizqy, MNA for Saint-Laurent, has been punted out of the Liberal caucus by Pablo Rodriguez over the Geneviève Hinse mess.
Rodriguez is also fighting back against a Quebecor allegation that his party took a donation from a businessman who expected favours in return. Plenty of Journal readers are ready to believe that the PLQ is as corrupt as you like, and they’re happy to play to that audience.
Tim S. 08:57 on 2025-12-03 Permalink
There should also be a story here about centralized control in a party. I’m not sure why it’s the party leader’s – or anyone’s – business if an MNA wants to fire their own chief of staff. The case sure makes it looks like Rodriquez values staffers loyal to him over elected representatives.
DeWolf 10:16 on 2025-12-03 Permalink
I think the issue for Rodriguez is that Hines was effectively *his* chief of staff. Rizqy was acting as his proxy until he could get elected as an MNA.
Tim S. 11:41 on 2025-12-03 Permalink
That makes sense of the story, but it’s still not a good look. Without knowing the full details, I hope that Rodriguez learned a lesson about individual agency, but more likely the takeaway will be to impose even stricter control.
bob 14:41 on 2025-12-03 Permalink
Tim S. – According to the National Post Hinse was “appointed by [Rodriguez] to manage the relationship between Rizqy and the leader”, which makes sense. Technically she worked for Rizqy, but she was there as Rodriguez’ proxy. So if Hinse is getting canned, there should have been a consultation.
I think Rizqy is thinking ahead. If she knew what was coming, and I’m sure she did, she has severed ties with a scandalous lot in a move perceived as principled, and then suffered for it. Good political narrative, that.
As to centralization, the way parties work is that the leader is king. You come at the king, you best not miss.