Bernard Drainville, a Radio Canada reporter, has decided to throw his hat in the political ring and run for the Parti Quebecois. However, not before doing one last interview with Andre Boisclair, that party's leader.

An excerpt from the CP story on CTV.ca:

Bernard Drainville told a news conference Thursday that ex-premier Jacques Parizeau approached his wife last week about the possibility of him running.

The 43-year-old father of three said he discussed it with her but rejected the proposal on Friday -- the day before he interviewed Boisclair.

"Friday, I said No! I'm not going to be a candidate," Drainville said. "That's it. That's all. End of story."

He said his journalistic integrity was still intact and he proceeded with the interview, which was broadcast Sunday.

But further fuelling the controversy are remarks Drainville made to the PQ leader shortly before the interview began.

"This interview will be broadcast six times," Drainville told Boisclair. "That'll help. You've got to be good."

Drainville, who was Radio-Canada's bureau chief in Quebec City, said the PQ came back with a second proposition on Tuesday afternoon.

"And I looked at it and I called my wife, we discussed it and we decided to go for it," Drainville said.