A blunder by Christy Clark would have pulled the rug out from under her

By announcing that she is giving up the race for leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada (PLC), Christy Clark acknowledges that she cannot repair the broken mess of her blunder made during an interview on Saturday, where she denied being member of the Conservative Party of Canada, analysts believe.

In a written statement released Tuesday, the former premier of British Columbia explains that her level of French is not adequate to run for the head of one of the largest federal political parties.

I made the difficult decision to step backshe writes. Although we have come a long way, in a short time, there is simply not enough time to organize a successful campaign and for me to communicate effectively with French-speaking Canadians in their language.

I have worked hard to improve my French, but I am not there yet today.

Christy Clark also put his foot in the dish last week in an interview given to CBC. She claimed she had never been a member of the Conservative Party of Canada even though party records show otherwise.

She then published a publication on the social network expressed himself badly. However, his team did not respond to numerous requests from - to clarify its thinking.

Stephen Smarther former press secretary from 2016 to 2017, believes that it is possible that her lack of mastery of French is the reason why she renounces this race, but that the chances are rather slim.

It dug an additional hole in an already difficult climbhe judges.

The latter thinks that she could have easily avoided the confusion in which she found herself. I honestly think this could have been used to his advantage. She could have said that she joined the Conservatives because Jean Charest is a long-time colleague and friend and she wanted to support his leadership.

Political strategist Kareem Allam believes that Ms. Clark had no time to recover from his gaffe given the brevity of the leadership race PLC. This gaffe, the error of fact regarding his membership in the Conservative Party, then his defense and justification, really eroded the credibility of his campaignhe maintains.

Frédéric Boily, professor of political science at the Saint-Jean campus of the University of Alberta in Edmonton, sees an intersection of challenges that she thought she would not be able to overcome in time. I have the impression that it was perhaps this question that changed his decision not to run.he says.

Funding a campaign doomed to failure

Kareem Allam believes that this gaffe surrounding his membership in the Conservative Party may have discouraged potential donors. Each candidate in the leadership race must put forward $350,000 in order to be eligible for the leadership seat.

There are people who could have donated to his campaign, but no one wants to lose money on a losing campaignhe emphasizes. People may have felt that their donation would have been a waste.

The three experts consulted by - believe that the short time between the launch of the campaign and the election of a leader for the party would not have given it time to leave the controversies behind.

It now remains to be seen whether the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Jonathan Wilkinsonand MP in British Columbia, will put his name in the arena to be leader of the PLC.

Believe me, Christy Clark hasn’t said his last wordnevertheless believes Kareem Allam. According to him, she could run as a candidate in a constituency during the next federal elections.

With information from Katie Derosa and Corentin Mittet-Magnan