The double role of Patrick Paquet, new head of Quebec 21 and special adviser to elected officials, raises questions for Mayor Marchand.
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” Have. It needs to be checked. I cannot say today if it is legal or not compared to what is expected from the law according to the financing of the parties, ”supported the mayor on Sunday.
According to him, in Quebec strong and proud (QFF), party of the mayor, the “line drawn” is to ensure that the people paid by the office of the mayor do not do work for the party.
“Now, is it possible to do it? Does it meet a rule or not? This is what we are going to look at (…) Can we, for example, do communication, social media, party management with the funds of a cabinet? We didn’t allow ourselves that.”
On the political level, the mayor said that the situation does not change at the municipal council and that he “is not going to waste (his) time responding to someone who is not elected”.