(Quebec) The only member of the Conservative Party of Quebec (PCQ), the ex-caquiste Claire Samson, will not be present at the demonstration against health measures this weekend in Quebec. The Conservative even opposes the convoy’s call to ” jamming the capital, a tactic protesters plan to use.
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This position contrasts with the message conveyed by the leader of the party, Éric Duhaime. This Thursday, he wrote again on his Facebook page that “before crying wolf, it would be good to listen to what the truckers have to say and let them show us that they can very well demonstrate peacefully”.
“It is completely legitimate and desirable that these people be able to express themselves. If there is a real problem, it is that only one elected representative out of 125 represents this majority in the National Assembly and that the media are practically unanimous in condemning a demonstration even before it takes place, “said writes Mr. Duhaime.
However, this only Conservative member says that “we should not do that”, speaking of the idea of ” jamming Quebec, as announced by the organizers of the demonstration. “Citizens have the right to live freely in their city. I don’t agree with them at all,” Ms.me Samson Thursday.
“That’s not my kind of attitude. No, I wouldn’t do that, congest Quebec City in the middle of the festival, ”she added.
Earlier this week, at a press briefing at the National Assembly, Mr. Duhaime affirmed that “if the truckers went to the streets to make a convoy, it is because we have ramparts in our democracy which should to defend our democratic system, who were supposed to defend our civil rights, which have failed miserably”.
“My goal is not to be at the head of the demonstrations. My goal is to bring these ideas into the Blue Room at the National Assembly,” he said.