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OTTAWA — Alexandre Boulerice, the NDP’s lone Quebec MP, has announced he will be seeking the nomination for Québec solidaire (QS) in the Montreal riding of Gouin and that he will be sitting as an independent MP until the election set to happen in the fall. That means that Mark Carney’s Liberals will have to wait several months before they can call another byelection and possibly increase their majority in the House of Commons. In a lengthy statement on social media, Boulerice said that, after serving 15 years in the NDP, his choice to run provincially is not only a homecoming but...