MONTREAL – Stating that “this is the last chance election” for the climate crisis, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois launched Monday “a call for a massive vote by young people in Quebec”, who now represent a third of the electorate.
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One week before the election, the co-spokesperson for Québec solidaire is counting more than ever on the youngest, who are often among the least numerous to go to the polls, to transform the political dynamic.
“I say it every day: it’s the last chance election for climate change and that’s not a reason to be discouraged, it’s a reason to mobilize,” he said. he supported, during a press briefing alongside Manon Massé and several candidates and activists.
“I want to talk to Quebecers who will vote for the first time in their lives on October 3. After three weeks of campaigning, it is clearer than ever for me: 2022 is the election of the climate generation,” said Mr. Nadeau-Dubois.
Nostalgia Levesque
The young aspiring prime minister also challenges himself to build bridges with other generations.
“We are addressing all voters: people who voted for François Legault the last time, people who have already voted for the Parti Québécois or the Liberal Party all their lives,” he underlined, before play the nostalgia card.
“When our parents’ generation voted for change in their time, they got change. The face of politics has changed. Then Quebec changed era. This year, it’s our turn,” said the man who, during his participation in the show Everybody talks about itSunday evening, named René Lévesque as having been the best premier in the history of Quebec.
“Sometimes you wonder what’s the point of voting, what difference does it make? Well the answer is simple: it changes everything, insisted Mr. Nadeau-Dubois in front of the journalists. When young people start voting, all of Quebec moves forward.”
Green Opposition
While PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon seemed to concede that the next government will be formed by the CAQ on October 3, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois promises to “fight […] until the last minute so that it does not happen”.
In the event of a massive re-election of elected caquists to the National Assembly, the left-wing leader hopes at the very least to succeed in electing a maximum of united deputies, to form “an ecological opposition”.
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“If that’s what we are after October 4: encouraging when it’s going in the right direction, criticizing, opposing when we’re going in the wrong direction,” he summed up.
“We will not give up before and after October 4 so that we slow down climate change as much as possible, indicated Mr. Nadeau-Dubois. On October 3, it is the government of Quebec that we will choose between Quebecers and after us we will continue the battle.
The system is “broken”
The co-spokesperson for Québec solidaire also reiterated, as he did during the televised debates, his party’s commitment to a reform of the voting system, while François Legault considers that he is not acts more of a priority.
“It is clear that our political system is sick, it is broken and we can have 80% of the deputies with 40% of the votes. That’s the problem with our democracy, that’s why we need to reform our voting system. That’s why we made a commitment to do it and that’s why we’re going to do it if we’re elected.”