(Quebec) Opposition MPs are leaving the National Assembly for the holiday break by promising to take up the CHSLD file in 2022 precisely where they left it.
On Friday, the head of the official opposition, Dominique Anglade, ended the parliamentary session by recalling once again the hecatomb in the CHSLDs which left 4,000 dead in the spring of 2020.
She demanded that the pandemic scenarios of the National Institute of Public Health of Quebec (INSPQ) which were presented to the Legault government on March 9, 2020 be made public.
“Why doesn’t he want to give this information to the families?” rebelled in House Mme Anglade. Information, truth, people need it, Mr. President. ”
The opposition has been hammering out for weeks that the government knew that the elderly were more at risk of being infected with COVID-19, but did nothing to prepare the CHSLDs.
She is calling for a public and independent commission of inquiry, in addition to those of the Ombudsperson, the coroner and the health commissioner.
“The debate on a public inquiry into the management of the pandemic, [le premier ministre] François Legault is losing him ”, added Friday the parliamentary leader of Quebec solidaire (QS), Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois.
We will continue to hit this nail, we will continue to ask for this investigation.
Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, parliamentary leader of QS
Recall that the coroner Géhane Kamel had asked to see the scenarios of the INSPQ, but that the lawyer of the Ministry of Health was opposed on the pretext that these documents had been submitted to the Executive Council.
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Coroner Géhane Kamel
The coroner finally obtained the documents on November 29. However, these are still not public, because “they were not designed for public distribution”, explained the INSPQ Friday.
“These documents were intended for decision-makers, in order to support the decision-making of the Government of Quebec in the management of the pandemic”, affirmed the communications advisor of the INSPQ, Isabelle Girard.
Entry on stage by Nadeau-Dubois and 3e link
The fall session will also have allowed Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois to settle in his role as parliamentary leader and to compete with François Legault.
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The parliamentary leader of Québec solidaire, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois
In terms of the environment, QS denounces the Quebec-Lévis tunnel project of the Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) as being a “climate ball” and a “gigantic hoax”.
But on Friday, Mr. Nadeau-Dubois still said he was open to discussing the construction of a Quebec-Lévis link that would be devoted only to public transit. “We are talkable,” he blurted out.
This suddenly more nuanced speech did not escape the Prime Minister. “Mr. President, in the case of the third link, we are evolving”, mocked Mr. Legault.
“If Quebec solidaire becomes the government next year, there will be a tunnel between Quebec and Lévis for public transport,” he concluded.
The Caquista government also agreed to the adoption of a QS motion demanding that no amount from the Green Fund be intended for the third link project.
Reinforcements are coming, promises St-Pierre Plamondon
For his part, the leader of the Parti Québécois, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, said in his report on Friday that his party was “exactly where we want to be”.
Despite the bad polls, he believes the PQ has “very big” growth potential. The proof, he said, is that the party has managed to attract big names for the next election.
Lawyer and ex-journalist Alexis Deschênes, immigration lawyer Stéphane Handfield and former federal deputy Pierre Nantel could even by then play an increased role within the party, said the PQ leader. .
“We are in the process of showing that, because we are telling the truth, because we are the bearer of an important cause, we attract very interesting candidates, and that too, it speaks to the population,” he said. -he declares.