The leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec on Saturday proposed leaving shotgun owners alone and cracking down on criminals at a rally in Beauce. He urged voters in the region to turn away from the Coalition avenir Québec, which “ignored” and “despised” them.
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“I know that here in Beauce, there are a lot of hunters, a lot of farmers who are honest owners of shotguns, he declared in front of many supporters. You have done nothing wrong, yet we are hounding you and we would like to impose even more rules on you because the government does not have the courage to attack those who are in the illegal trade and who bring it across our borders. »
“We in the Conservative Party will not attack honest shotgun owners,” he added. We are going to attack the criminals who bring in guns illegally with us. »
He did not specify how he would go about it and his electoral program is silent on the issue. Border control is the responsibility of the federal government and not of the Quebec government. Thursday, Éric Duhaime had promised 62.5 million for the hiring of 400 new police officers in Montreal within three years during his visit to the riding of Bourassa-Sauvé, which covers the majority of the territory of Montreal North, to present its candidate Carmel-Antoine Bessard. This sum would be equivalent to half the cost, he had estimated.
“Seventy-two hours later, Minister Geneviève Guilbault has just announced 450 new police officers in Montreal, he noted on Saturday. We announce that copy! […] On October 3, you have a choice: the copy and the promises or the world that believes in it, who is ahead and who is a leader. »
Two shootings occurred in broad daylight in Montreal on Tuesday afternoon, thirty minutes apart in public places, once again highlighting the rise in armed violence in the metropolis.
“You are the epicenter”
Éric Duhaime’s rally in Beauceville once again attracted a large crowd like the one in Quebec last Sunday. “It’s here, you’re the epicenter,” he told them. This is where the movement and change will start in Quebec on October 3. Quebec is counting on you Beaucerons! »
In 2018, the CAQ won the seven ridings in Chaudière-Appalaches. According to the projections of the Qc125.com site, the PCQ could make a breakthrough in the riding of Beauce-Sud held by Samuel Poulin. Its candidate is a young lawyer named Jonathan Poulin.
Éric Duhaime also maintains the hope of winning Beauce-Nord by presenting Olivier Dumais, mayor of Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon. “There are seven deputies in the region. They were not screwed, with the seven deputies of the CAQ, that you have a minister who sits around the table of the council of ministers, ”recalled the Conservative leader to his supporters.