Posted at 2:00 p.m.
Nothing surprises me anymore
I do not believe that the Conservative Party is credible to govern. However, after seeing the number of conspirators in the freedom convoy, and after seeing Trump and his nonsense brought to power, I expect everything from humanity.
Rose Mondou
against change
Quebec is an increasingly right-wing city. Being from Quebec myself, I don’t understand: many Quebecers are against anything that can change their daily routine a little.
Francine Rochefort
The support of his former listeners
I think Mr. Duhaime’s party is surfing the pandemic to score points. We must not forget Mr. Duhaime’s past on Quebec radio, his listeners now turning into votes. Except in the greater Quebec City region, I do not believe that this party will be able to dislodge the CAQ. However, healthy competition does not hurt. So, let’s see what the election in Marie-Victorin will give before we get carried away.
Serge Leduc, Pincourt
A lesson in humility
The reign of Emperor Legault is coming to an end. Probably the CAQ will win the next elections, but weaker than before, maybe even a minority. It would be a lesson in humility for Mr. Legault, who really needs it.
Pierre C. Tremblay, Montreal
A risky turn
Trying to go up in the voting intentions, the CAQ makes a right turn to counter Éric Duhaime in the Quebec region. Turn not always logical and too often tinged with the arrogance that we know him. Mr. Legault runs the risk of alienating voters who will never vote for Mr. Duhaime but who would be put off by this new version of the CAQ, pro third link against all odds, mixed towards the environment, almost anti-tramway in Quebec and unnecessarily disparaging of the mayor of that city. I am one of those voters.
Marc Couturier
Let’s not overestimate the radios
The CAQ made the mistake of looking at the Conservative Party of Quebec in its rear view mirror. The radios of Quebec are far from having the importance that we give them. No one follows them. As proof, Radio X with Fillion in mind did everything to harm Régis Labeaume all the time he was mayor. The latter had even closed the taps of the City’s advertisements at this station… Race results? Labeaume would have largely won the last election for mayor of Quebec if he had not retired. People know very well that these radio stations have no credibility. Duhaime will possibly win a riding (his own) in the October provincial elections, but no more… As long as the CAQ stops considering him dangerous, leading it to contradictory and questionable actions or statements like those of Éric Cairo last week.
Pierre-Beaudoin
A message for the environment
If this right turn wasn’t so harmful to the environment, I wouldn’t mind too much. With the new IPCC report, we see even more that the CAQ does not do enough in terms of the environment. My vote will go to the party that will be the most daring in this matter, even if I am aware that it will probably not come to power. We need to send messages to the CAQ, whose management I appreciate in most of the other major issues of our society, particularly in health and education.
Eric Bergeron
The two faces of the CAQ
There are two CAQs: the one in the election campaign and the one in power. Me, I voted for the CAQ in the campaign, not for the one in power who led on the left and I will certainly not vote for the CAQ again. It became the Parti Québécois without the sovereignist option. Where are the billions recovered with the salaries of specialists? Where are the government spending cuts/controls? Where is the reform of the voting system? The CAQ never said in the campaign that it would ban all oil exploration in Quebec, it was even very favorable to it. Where are the family doctors for all Quebecers? There were also the emergencies that I exclude as a result of the pandemic. The population is criticized for losing confidence in its government and it is deplored that the participation rates in the elections are constantly falling. The population is fed up with these politicians who say one thing in the campaign and change direction once in power.
Rejean Durocher, Montreal