Liberal leader Dominique Anglade ensured maximum visibility on Wednesday by being the only one to hold public activities, her opponents all being cloistered in preparation for the debate on Thursday evening.
Visiting a support center for families with a disabled person in Saint-Lambert, on the South Shore of Montreal, she announced that a Liberal government would set up a Secretariat dedicated to people with disabilities and autism, in order to “give a voice to more than one million people who live with a disability”.
At his side, the Liberal candidate in Laporte, Mathieu Gratton, delivered a vibrant plea in favor of this clientele. “As a society, even if people with disabilities will not vote, even if people with autism will not vote in the majority, even if people with intellectual disabilities will not vote, we must work to restore their easier life,” he said.
Ms. Anglade also proposes to create a commission of experts to look into the reality of the transition to adulthood, right up to old age, an adult life where very often people with disabilities are taken into supported by their families.
For the latter, the Liberal Party intends to improve the almost non-existent respite offer. The proposals also include an offer of subsidized internships in companies and the creation of a photo ID card for people who cannot hold a driving license.
Mathieu Gratton castigated in passing the promise made by François Legault, last week, to invest $ 100 million to create 500 places in respite centers for minors and adults with disabilities.
“The announcement that was made last week by the CAQ, for me and for the people on the ground, it means nothing,” he dropped, deploring the lack of consultation of the community and emphasizing only 500 places means only 30 places per region.
At odds with his party
Ms. Anglade was again invited to explain her desire to bring about a reform of the voting system, expressed in an interview the day before. A letter from his own party, sent to the New Democracy Movement dated September 13, of which Radio-Canada obtained a copy, however says exactly the opposite, that PLQ is not in favor of the idea.
“More than 60% of people do not want François Legault as prime minister. What do we do collectively as Quebecers? she wondered. Asked to explain the fact that her party is not at all on the same page as her, she retorted that “the role of a leader is exactly that”, namely to identify problems and to bring his troops to confront him.
However, she was careful not to go so far as to commit herself to carrying out such a reform if she is brought to power.
“I wish I could fix the distortions somehow, but I don’t have a concrete answer for you today. What you have from me today and for all citizens is an opening to have this conversation,” she said.
Québec solidaire and the Parti Québécois have already said they are in favor of such a reform, which the outgoing Premier, François Legault, brushed aside, saying that it was not in the priorities of his party or the population.
Ms. Anglade planned to devote herself to preparing for the debate during the day on Thursday and part of the day on Wednesday, but it was also furnished with two other media outlets.
However, she defended herself from taking advantage of the withdrawal of her opponents to take up all the space in the public space, affirming that she was first seeking to advance her ideas. “We are not running a chamomile campaign! We still want to talk about issues on the eve of the debate. There is preparation that has begun and will continue today and tomorrow. »