Mulroney Wants NHL Back In Quebec

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And all of this comes from the projected owner of a Quebec City team heading there...

Former Canada MP Brian Mulroney is now at the front of the line with the bid. Peladeau's Quebecor, Incorporated purchased the naming and management rights to a new arena where a team would be based and the C$400M cost is supposed to be split between the province and the city- a deal that was supported by the Parti Quebecois before the 2012 provincial election.

And now Peladeau has announced he's running as a PQ candidate- working on the province's independence...

Here's analysis of that move...
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And here's the Peladeau announcement... in French...
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Mulroney, by the way, is vice-chairman of the Quebecor board.

"Commissioner Bettman and (ex-)prime minister Mulroney have spoken directly for quite some time, without intermediaries," Quebec City mayor Regis Labeaume said when he was asked about the Peladeau move into politics.

Here's an in-depth interview with Peladeau, and yes Tish, it's in French...
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So, now, without any kind of divestiture needed by Quebecor and having Mulroney as the public face on the hockey front... keep an eye on the Florida Panthers from this moment forward...