Via Macleans:

But it was also a riding where the Liberal candidate, Joan Beatty, was appointed by Dion over the wishes of the local riding association as part of his pledge to put more women in the Commons.

(In fairness, it has to be said that the alternative was David Orchard, a mischievous but masterful organizer last seen making no end of trouble for his former party, the late Progressive Conservatives.)

The last time Dion forced a woman candidate on a riding was in last September’s byelections that cost the Liberals the Montreal seat of Outremont, long considered one of the safest Grit bastions in the country.

Call it zero for two for Stephane. Nice work.