With Boulerice eyeing Quebec politics, NDP's orange wave becomes a drought

OTTAWA — During the 2011 federal election, an “orange wave” crashed over much of Quebec and parts of Canada, electing the largest contingent of NDP MPs in the party’s history.

In 2026, the last of the wave’s MPs is expected to leave as the party faces a drought in Quebec.

On Monday, longtime Montreal NDP MP and the party’s only Quebec representative, Alexandre Boulerice, confirmed that he was seriously considering running in an upcoming nomination race for provincial democratic socialist party Quebec Solidaire (QS).