The five leaders of the main parties have multiplied public outings and visited as many constituencies as they wish to win or preserve. Some have even traveled thousands of kilometers in order to take part in many walkabouts in strategic places. Thus, they were able to hammer out their main messages one last time in the hope of convincing the undecided and mobilizing the troops to get the vote out on Monday.
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Legault plays the unifying leader card
On the eve of the election, François Legault surrounded himself with 44 CAQ candidates and presented himself as a unifying leader, while Quebec is divided on immigration and the protection of French.
For the very last day of the election campaign, the outgoing Prime Minister made a brief stop in the Montreal riding of Maurice-Richard, before heading to Estrie, where heated battles are to be expected. The caquiste leader went to Sherbrooke in particular to lend a hand to his star candidate Caroline St-Hilaire, who is trying to dislodge the solidarity Christine Labrie. A guard of honor made up of 44 candidates from the CAQ awaited him when he left the caravan.
“I think we need to bring people together in Quebec,” he said, noting that women generally carry this quality within them. We talked a lot about immigration, how we do to protect French, we have a challenge to bring everyone together. »
“The real poll” is Monday, says GND
In taking stock of his first campaign as aspiring premier, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois showed himself convinced of making gains in several ridings. “The real poll is [lundi] “, he reported.
“It will be very tight in several ridings,” predicted the co-spokesperson for Québec solidaire, alongside Manon Massé. ” [Lundi], the best thing to do for the environment is to vote for Québec solidaire”, he repeated. GND began its last day of campaigning by distributing door hangers in the riding of Verdun, with the help of singer Émile Bilodeau, who came to lend a hand. He then participated in a walkabout at the Jean-Talon Market, in his riding, Gouin.
His caravan will have traveled almost 10,000 km during the five weeks of the election campaign, or 9283 km to be more precise.
An end to the campaign in the North
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While her adversaries took part in rallies of militants and visited ridings in danger, Dominique Anglade flew to Gaspésie, the Îles-de-la-Madeleine and Nord-du-Québec.
Yet bookmakers are giving Liberal candidates little chance in these three regions. His team still places Ungava in its “top 20”, thanks to the candidacy of Tunu Napartuk, former mayor of Kuujjuaq. “Having someone like that in the National Assembly, capable of carrying the voice of the people here, would be a first and it would bring so much hope for an entire generation,” said Ms. Anglade on Sunday during of a press briefing 1444 KM north of Montreal.
Earlier, she had called on voters disappointed with the statements of François Legault to vote for her.
Save the sovereignist movement in the East
From Gaspé to Sept-Îles via Jonquière, the leader of the Parti Québécois flew to Eastern Quebec to ask voters to send as many independentist deputies to the National Assembly as possible to form a strong opposition.
On the eve of the election, the PQ leader admitted that the Coalition Avenir Québec risks being in the majority on Monday evening. He argues that “the CAQ does not need your vote. But independence, the defense of French, yes. He hammered this message into three traditionally blue strongholds that this time around are in danger and could fall into the hands of the CAQ.
Stunned by what he considers to be a movement of sympathy, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon asked people to vote according to their convictions. “The future of the independence movement is in the hands of Quebecers,” he said.
Duhaime says he is underestimated
Faced with stagnation in voting intentions, Conservative leader Éric Duhaime insisted that his party is “underestimated” in the polls.
He said he was convinced that there will be “hot struggles” in several ridings, especially in the Capitale-Nationale region where he is running himself.
“I hope that we will not be forced to hold demonstrations to be heard and that we will be able to have deputies inside Parliament who will be able to convey our values and then our ideas”, he said. -He insists.
Leaving Laval, the Conservative leader’s bus returned to Quebec on Sunday while making short stops in Saint-Hyacinthe, Daveluyville and Sainte-Marie, in Beauce. Dozens of enthusiastic activists greeted him at each visit.
In Sainte-Marie, where the party pinned great hopes on candidate Olivier Dumais, the leader’s welcome by 200 supporters was particularly warm.