OTTAWA Ensaf Haidar, the wife of Raif Badawi, is seeking to run for office in the next federal election, and she has chosen the Bloc Quebecois as her political vehicle. She has lived in Sherbrooke since taking refuge in Canada with her three children, and will first have to earn her place at a nomination assembly. The defeated Bloc candidate from 2019, Claude Forgues, has already expressed his interest in trying his luck again. Ms. Haidar has garnered some support in the sovereignist movement in Sherbrooke and the Bloc member for the region welcomed her entry into political life. Haider explained why she wants to be a Bloc candidate in an interview this week and, if supporters then the voters choose her, a member of Parliament in Ottawa.
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