The Liberal bus stopped Friday and Saturday in the Outaouais, where the words of the last days of leader Dominique Anglade concerning the place of women in society resonated with some voters.
Saturday morning, Ms. Anglade browsed from booth to booth with her Liberal team at the Joy of Living Festival of the Accompaniment of Immigrant Women of the Outaouais, in Gatineau, in the riding of Hull.
Among local residents, Michel Curtat wanted to shake hands with the liberal leader. Politics is a boy club “, he launches To have to. “It’s fun to see a female face with such confidence. “If the professor at CEGEP is a proud PQ, he supports Dominique Anglade “as a woman in politics”, he specifies.
A few steps away, Julie Latrémouille highlights Ms. Anglade’s performance during the leaders’ debate last Thursday. Women experienced a “significant setback” during the last mandate, in particular due to the lack of childcare places preventing them from returning to work, the chief then underlined.
The section on the status of women was “very interesting,” says Ms. Latrémouille. “We are important”, she says to duty, with his dog.
After being notified of the passage of the leader of the Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ) in her neighborhood, she says she hastened to come and meet her. The federal civil servant appreciates the fact that Dominique Anglade chooses to take a walkabout rather than being “rubbing elbows with the members of the chamber of commerce”.
Get the women’s vote
According to Maryse Gaudreault, Liberal candidate in Hull and outgoing MP, many women recognize themselves in Dominique Anglade. The only woman among the party leaders, this gives her a “different look at Quebec society”, she argues. She will probably be able to get additional votes for this reason, believes the candidate.
The status of women is the reason why Ms. Gaudreault first entered politics. Elected for the first time in 2008 in the riding of Hull, she points out that there are now many more women candidates. “I think they do politics differently. »
“Strong” from her record and her experience, the outgoing MP assures us that liberal values always thrill the people of the region. However, according to the latest projections from the Qc125 site, nothing is decided in advance in Hull. The CAQ could get its hands on this liberal stronghold.
The main opponent of the PLQ in Outaouais is the CAQ formation, supported Dominique Anglade. “I am here with all the candidates we have,” she said on Saturday in Gatineau.
The Liberals want to “truly” represent the region in the National Assembly, continued the leader. The latter maintains that the Outaouais has “been neglected in the last 4 years”, particularly in terms of health.
A leap in politics “for health”
Close to the Liberal team, the Conservative candidate in Hull, Lise Couture, told the To have to to be present to “give a hand” to the organizers of the festival in Gatineau. “It’s important the community and immigrant women,” she says, tasting a dish from the African country of Djibouti. But she got into politics first and foremost for health.
“The health system does not work for me,” says Ms. Couture, wearing a cap bearing the image of the Conservative Party of Quebec (PCQ). Due to the load shedding during the COVID-19 pandemic, her father had to wait several months for a major operation, she says. “I could have lost him. »
At 55, she says she joined a party for the first time because she was “convinced” of the ideas of the PCQ. The chef, Éric Duhaime, says “things as they are”, according to her. The Conservative candidate is leading an election campaign “with a pick and shovel”. “I now know how to put up signs. I have calluses on my fingers,” she laughs.