On the day Belinda Stronach was announcing her big shocker, Conservative Party Leader Stephen Harper was in Montreal introducing his new candidate for Brossard-La Prairie, Tenzin Dargyal Khangsar. This respected member of the Buddhist community in Canada with ties to the Dalai Lama was something of a coup for the party. The Conservatives are trying to do their bit to ensure that they reflect the diversity of Canada's big cities, especially the seat-rich urban centres of Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal, where the party has to make big gains in order to form government.

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