OTTAWA — Former four-term MP Rahim Jaffer says he’s thinking about running for the Edmonton area seat currently held by departing Conservative Matt Jeneroux.

Jaffer told National Post that he saw the stars aligning for a possible comeback when Jeneroux announced last month he’d be resigning from Parliament, noting the news eerily dovetailed with a development in his personal life.

“My mom lives (in Jeneroux’s riding) and … a few weeks earlier, she’d approached me and said, oh, I want to downsize, why don’t you take over this house now?” said Jaffer. “It’s kind of funny, the timing.”

Jaffer says he’s been approached by a few different people about running for the soon-to-be-vacated seat and will take some time over the holidays to mull over a return to federal politics.

He said he’ll

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