Daniel Breton

QUEBEC – From rising political star to dozing denizen of parliament’s sleepy suburbs — it’s been a grueling few months for Daniel Breton.

One of those bearded men was Daniel Breton, an NDP candidate in Quebec touted as a co-founder of the Parti Vert du Quebec. Speaking to reporters afterwards, he was asked about the federal Green Party and offered up an assessment that I scrawled down as, “The only reason people vote Green is because they don’t know what they’re all about.”