The trio formed by Isabelle Melançon (Verdun), Christine Labrie (Sherbrooke) and Véronique Hivon (Joliette) gave a fine example of transpartisan collaboration by uniting efforts to bring the Minister of Justice, Simon Jolin-Barrette, to improve his project. of law creating a specialized court in matters of sexual and conjugal violence. AT
Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois (Gouin) certainly asks for nothing better than to be the main target of Prime Minister Legault, of whom he is the perfect antithesis. Mr. Legault also wins, but at the cost of annoying questions. We still don’t know if there’s a maximum amount he’s willing to gobble up in the third link? GND is working to soften, little by little, the radical image of QS. It was a mistake to say that it was not interested in the jurisdictional conflicts with Ottawa. AT-
Monique Sauvé (Fabre) had always defended the cause of the elderly with vigor, but she benefited from greater visibility in recent weeks, while the management of the first wave in CHSLDs was at the heart of the debates at the National Assembly. B
If the PQ does not succeed in appropriating the banner of the fight against climate change, it will not be the fault of Sylvain Gaudreault (Jonquière), who has largely contributed to greening his party’s image in terms of the environment. , sometimes going further than its leader seemed to wish, as in the case of the taxation of large engines. B
In the concert of indignation provoked by Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau, unable to speak French after 14 years in Quebec, Ruba Ghazal (Mercier) and Marwah Rizqy (Saint-Laurent) were particularly relevant in recounting how they integrated into the francophone majority. B
Émilise Lessard-Therrien (Rouyn-Noranda – Témiscamingue) sounded the alarm on the risk posed by the closures of emergency services in the region long before the death of a man from Senneterre. However, we wondered what the link was between the CAQ and the accident she suffered while driving her Ford F-150 during a snowstorm. B
Joël Arseneau (Îles-de-la-Madeleine) is not the most flamboyant and will not succeed in forgetting Pascal Bérubé, but he fulfills his task as parliamentary leader of the PQ with seriousness. B
Since the publication of the Auditor General’s report, Moncef Derraji (Nelligan) has not stopped hounding the Minister of the Economy, Pierre Fitzgibbon, to make public the list of companies that have benefited from favor during the pandemic. B
André Fortin (Pontiac) fulfills his role as House leader of the official opposition with sobriety and efficiency, but he made a serious error in judgment in volunteering to advise Justin Trudeau in anticipation of the televised debates. VS
The friendliness of Carlos Leitão (Robert-Baldwin) served him well when he was finance minister, but this fine quality prevents him from having all the bite that one normally expects from an opposition spokesperson. VS
Dominique Anglade must have breathed a sigh of relief when Gaétan Barrette (La Pinière) announced that he would not stand in the next election. He remains a formidable parliamentarian, but his presence on the Liberal benches is a permanent reminder of the disastrous effects of his reform, which the government continually uses as an excuse. VS
Everyone appreciates the generosity of Manon Massé (Sainte-Marie – Saint-Jacques). However, she plunged her party and her leader into embarrassment by calling a press conference in Wendake to propose a law on indigenous languages without notifying the main stakeholders, who accused her of “a flagrant lack of respect”. Hard for a party that wants to be the most ardent defender of the First Nations. VS
Greg Kelley (Jacques-Cartier) seriously slipped by amalgamating Law 21 on secularism, Bill 96 on language and the tragic death of Joyce Echaquan. His boss had no choice but to disown him. D
Claire Samson (Iberville) has become the sad image of bitterness in politics. There are days when the leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec, Éric Duhaime, has to wonder what fly stung him to recruit her. The Conservative’s latest escapade was to inadvertently reveal the name of the candidate for the SQ leadership that the government wants to appoint and whose appointment she is working to delay. D
As intrusive as Gaétan Barrette may be, Marie Montpetit (Maurice-Richard) did not have to apostrophize her colleague publicly. The member should no doubt have been given the chance to explain herself before excluding her from the Liberal caucus because of allegations of psychological harassment. This unfortunate story has created a toxic climate in a party that already has enough problems. E
Like the Prime Minister, the leader of the official opposition has the privilege of not being noted.