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OTTAWA Former leadership contender David Bertschi has been told he wont be allowed to seek the Liberal nomination in Ottawa-Orleans, clearing the path for one of Justin Trudeaus star recruits to carry the party banner in next years election.

Retired general Andrew Leslie, an adviser to the Liberal leader on foreign policy, is now the only declared contender in the nomination contest.

Bertschi, who ran for the Liberals in Orleans in the 2011 election, emailed supporters Sunday informing them that his candidacy has been blocked and encouraging them to protest the decision.

He says he was given a number of reasons, which he didnt specify, but insists none of them are true.

However, Bertschi had been warned, along with other failed leadership contenders, that he would not be allowed to seek a nomination unless he could demonstrate significant progress reducing his leadership campaign debt of $150,000.

Party insiders said Bertschis debt was one of two reasons his candidacy was blocked. The other involved his failure to disclose a defamation suit he launched in 2013 against an American gossip website but subsequently abandoned.

Bertschi says the decision, relayed to him in a letter from national campaign co-chairs Katie Telford and Dan Gagnier, is strictly designed to assure victory for Trudeaus preferred candidate.

This was a purely political decision that came directly from the top and not from the designated chair responsible for the nomination of candidates colloquially known as the green light committee, he says in the email.

Bertschi started an online petition Sunday calling on the party to reinstate an open nomination process in Orleans.

We urge all of you, irrespective of who you support, to make it clear to the Liberal Party of Canada that you want the Liberals of Orleans to pick the next candidate based on merit, he says in the email.

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Premier Paul Davis started the House of Assembly fall sitting by speaking about police officers and members of the military who have been killed in the line of duty.

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Davis spoke about the recent attacks on Canadian soldiers in Quebec and Ottawa, as well as the three RCMP officers who were killed earlier this year in New Brunswick.

Davis asked members of the House to observe a moment of silence.

Following the moment of silence, and a couple of other statements by ministers, MHAs dove into question period.

Liberal Leader Dwight Ball led with questions about the blackouts from last January, and NL Hydro's preparedness for this winter.

Aside from those questions, the Liberals focused heavily on Justice and Public Safety Minister Judy Manning.

The Opposition was focused on highlighting the fact that she was not able to respond to the issues.

Its been a rocky couple of months since Davis secured the leadership of the PC party and assumed the role of premier.

In the past year, the PCs have lost five straight byelections in electoral districts that were utterly safe for the Tories just a few years ago.

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Here's news that will surprise only liberals: In affluent metro housing markets distorted by liberals' housing policies, housing is less affordable even for middle-class families whose incomes are higher in such cities.

The Atlantic reports that Jed Kolko, chief economist for real estate website Trulia, found that in the 20 richest U.S. metro areas, 47 percent of homes are affordable requiring monthly mortgage payments (including taxes) that are less than 31 percent of median household income. But in ultra-liberal, tech-flush San Francisco, just 14 percent of homes are affordable.

UCLA economist Matthew Kahn's 2010 study of California cities found fewer new housing permits are issued as cities become more liberal. By making it harder to develop new housing, liberals' historic-preservation, environmental and building-height restrictions whether labeled as centrally planned smart growth policies or not restrict supply and lessen affordability.

(T)hese restrictions add up, across a city, even if they're well-intentioned. The affordability issue will rear its head, Mr. Kahn says. His findings and Mr. Kolko's are part of what The Atlantic calls a deep literature tying liberal residents to illiberal housing policies that create affordability crunches for the middle class.

If the consequences of liberals' housing-market distortions still aren't clear, ask a middle-class San Francisco homeowner if you can find one.

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