The parliamentary leader of Quebec solidaire (QS), Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, defends the choice of Télé-Québec to invite him to give a conference in secondary schools.
The government on Tuesday expressed unease that the QS co-spokesperson would be part of a tour of secondary schools in April and May at the invitation of the public broadcaster. He is the guest speaker in a high school in Quebec as part of a tour that includes other personalities chosen by young people.
“We should all be happy that young people, when the time comes to choose people who inspire them, choose political figures, not just TV stars, argued Mr. Nadeau-Dubois. Should young people be forced to choose one person per party? »
He assured that he would not go to the conference with QS posters.
According to the Parti Québécois (PQ), organizing tours for some elected officials, but not others, with young people who will have the right to vote in 2026 does not fall within the role of a public broadcaster like Télé-Québec, even if it is the choice of young people in a competition.
“Give him his prize (to Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois), but Télé-Québec is not obliged to organize conferences to promote him! launched the PQ MP for Matane-Matapédia, Pascal Bérubé, in a press scrum on Wednesday morning.
“Did we offer the same thing (to PQ leader) Paul St-Pierre Plamondon? To the Liberal leader (Marc Tanguay), to the Prime Minister (François Legault)? Of course not,” continued Mr. Bérubé, thus demanding fairness.
It was Mr. Bérubé who arrested the Minister of Culture and Communications, Mathieu Lacombe, on Tuesday evening. He then replied that it was “surprising” and that he felt “some discomfort”.
However, he does not think that his role was to “interfere” in the affairs of Télé-Québec, adding that if he did, his parliamentary colleagues would reproach him for it.
Mammoths are elected by young people through a competition. The Mammoth conferences which are to take place in schools in Montreal, Quebec and Trois-Rivières “aim to create more exchanges between young people and the personalities they have elected Mammoth”, can we read on a document from Télé- Quebec.
Télé-Québec presents Mammoth as a “great movement” of young people to “sometimes denounce, but also underline positive actions, greet and thank people who motivate you”.
Athletes Justine Dufour-Lapointe and Marie-Philip Poulin, rapper Samian, influencer Claudie Mercier and CAQ minister Kateri Champagne Jourdain are among the personalities highlighted by Mammouth.