Dear Quebec, Your New NDP MP May Not Speak French or Even Visited Your Riding

Pylon candidates are nothing new. Usually they are party insiders that put their name on a ballot with high expections they will return to their normal routine once the election is over. Previously the NDP was a master at this. They would usually move their resources and volunteers to ridings they had a chance of winning, including those who are on the ballot in other ridings. The NDP has always ran candidates in Quebec with franco sounding names, who are busy in Manitoba or Ontario getting out the vote. Think the Conservative Candidates are hard to find? Try to find an NDP candidate in Quebec. They won't even register their URL names, all you can find is an ambigious e-mail on the central website that may or may not connect to their campaign.
The NDP has long sought proportional representation, and now they are getting it. If their numbers hold you will have forty or fifty new Quebec MPs who can't speak a word of french and only experience in Quebec is making the 10pm run across the river to Hull when the LCBO closes in Ottawa.