If elected Prime Minister, the Liberal leader, Dominique Anglade, promises to put an end to the quarrels between the Quebec government and the cities, such as that concerning the third link in Quebec.
“I really want to put an end to the bickering, I want to put an end to the division that we have seen here in Quebec,” said Ms. Anglade, leaving her meeting with the mayor of the City, Bruno Marchand. The third link project linking Quebec and Lévis is an example of discord between the Legault government and the capital, she mentioned.
During his visit to the Hôtel de ville de Québec during the election campaign, the leader of the Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ), François Legault, hinted that he would carry out his tunnel project, regardless of the opinion of the Mayor Bruno Marchand. The latter had demanded to see the studies before deciding on the question.
Dominique Anglade said he wanted to work “hand in hand” with Mr. Marchand. She is running “against François Legault” in order to offer Quebecers a new type of leadership based on collaboration. A necessary attitude “to prevent Quebec from being neutral, as it has been in the last 4 years”, she underlined.
Ms. Anglade praised the records of previous Liberal governments in the Capitale-Nationale region. In 2015, former Prime Minister Philippe Couillard inaugurated the Videotron Center in Quebec, she raised. Promenade Samuel-De Champlain, which runs along the river, was opened to the public in 2008, under the government of Jean Charest.
“So many things have been done,” she said. And in the last four years, nothing has been done. »
On the offensive again in Quebec
Ms. Anglade was passing Tuesday and Wednesday in Quebec, where she had begun her electoral campaign “on the offensive”. A difficult strategy because of the lack of support for her party in the region, she admitted. According to the latest projections from the Qc125 site, the liberal formation would be at the bottom of the voting intentions in the majority of the ridings of the Capitale-Nationale.
A few days before the election, she justified her presence far from the threatened Liberal strongholds – particularly in the Montreal region – by her desire to meet the citizens of the various regions. “When I’m in Quebec, people ask me why I’m in Quebec, when I’m in Montreal, they ask me why I’m in Montreal,” said the leader of the PLQ, smiling.
Accompanied by Mayor Bruno Marchand, Dominique Anglade discussed certain issues affecting the city of Quebec. As in many regions, the lack of workers is felt in the capital. This is also a key theme of the Liberals’ campaign, which among other things wants to raise immigration thresholds to solve the problem.
Ms. Anglade returned to her visit to the Saint-Germain restaurant, in the Quebec district of Sillery, in the morning. The owner told her to have to work 100 hours a week for lack of staff, she lamented. “That’s what we’re talking about when we talk about a labor shortage: the impact it has on people in their daily lives. »