Réal Ménard

A look at the ins and outs of tonight’s by-elections

And why it’s good Elizabeth May knows how to sail

On his way out of town, Real Menard reflects on life in Ottawa.

Réal Ménard, who has represented Montreal’s Hochelaga-Maisonneuve riding since 1993, is running for Montreal city council on mayoral candidate Louise Harel’s slate. This will open up an iron-clad Bloc riding for a by-election, and I think it’s safe to assume the NDP candidate in the riding will campaign against the Conservatives while the Conservative candidate campaigns against Michael Ignatieff or, if he or she is particularly slow-witted, against Stéphane Dion.