The Parti Québécois (PQ) proclaimed itself “Team Cinderella” during its campaign launch in eastern Montreal, where it hopes to create a surprise by taking back the ridings lost in 2018.
“We will be the Cinderella team of the tournament. […] The team that goes further than anything planned,” said Mr. Plamondon in a speech on Promenade Bellerive, the river behind him.
Buttons in the buttonhole, a few dozen activists had come to listen to him in the bright sun while cyclists came and went behind, often without stopping.
Given last in the polls, the leader of the PQ affirms that “the only thing we are sure of is that the polls will move”.
“This campaign will focus on a weakened French and a weakened security,” he also argued in reference to the situation in Montreal before stressing how the east of the island had been “often neglected” by governments. .
The PQ leader has chosen to launch his campaign in the riding where he personally wants to be elected. The newly named Camille-Laurin – formerly Bourget – was in the fold of the PQ before the Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ) dislodged her in 2018.
From one Veronique to another
When asked who the “Prince Charming” of the “Cinderella team” is, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon retorted that it was “independence, French, the environment. All the issues that are important to us, the dignity of seniors. […] We have several charming princes who have been ignored by the CAQ government for four years.
The PQ caravan then went to Joliette, a constituency whose seat it wishes to retain, despite the departure of star MP Véronique Hivon. Another Veronique—Venne—is trying to succeed her.
“In 2018, despite some speculation, we kept Joliette. And in 2022, despite some speculation, we will keep Joliette, ”said Véronique Hivon to her runner-up during a rally in a downtown restaurant. “We are next to you, behind you, with you. »
Mayor of Sainte-Marie-Salomé, a small municipality of 1,200 residents, Mme Venne highlights its great local commitment and its human qualities.
Joliette has been represented by the PQ almost all the time since the 1980s, with the exception of two ADQ interludes in 2002 and 2007.
“You will not go wrong by choosing another Véronique”, launched the latter in front of fifty enthusiastic supporters. Monday, the PQ will be back in the metropolis, where it hopes, in addition to Camille-Laurin, to regain the ridings of Pointe-aux-Trembles and Rosemont, respectively lost to the benefit of the CAQ and Quebec solidaire in 2018.