At the local favourite Chelsea Pub (try the lobster gnocchi!) Chretien told the packed house "we need to shake things up!" and urged them to turf Stephen Harper.

Then he threw to environmental lawyer Will Amos, the Liberal candidate in the riding of Pontiac, who told the crowd, "we can feel the wind in our sails. Everyone can feel it right now."

With Chretien's help, Amos has become a star candidate. He won a heated nomination race in Pontiac and now appears to have a strong shot of becoming an MP.

But since the race began, three different people have come forward with stories of Amos trying to negotiate their support. Two say he offered future favours once he was elected.

Amos has strenuously denied all three stories. He also denied allegations just this week from the NDP that he was spreading a rumour that NDP candidate Nycole Turmel was terminally ill.

In looking into these stories, BuzzFeed Canada has learned there was talk of other false rumours being spread by by various candidates about their opponents during the Liberal nomination race in Pontiac. Both the Liberal party and Elections Canada looked into the allegations, but ultimately no action was taken.