Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade said Thursday that she is in control of her caucus after an unusual public outing by MP Marie Montpetit against her colleague Gaétan Barrette.
In a press briefing at the National Assembly, Mr.me Anglade assured that this situation did not affect his leadership in any way over his troops, who met yesterday urgently in a special caucus following comments made on Twitter by Mme Montpetit.
According to the Liberal leader, her call for solidarity was heard by her deputies.
“I have special caucuses like that every week,” she said. It was to clarify the situation. I dotted the i’s. “
Responding to a question about the impact of this situation on his leadership, Mr.me Anglade said she prefers debates to stay internal rather than taking place in the public arena.
“I think it’s very important to have the discussions internally and that we publicly demonstrate our support between us,” she said in English. I insisted on this during caucus. “
In a segment of his press briefing Mme Anglade acknowledged that Mme Montpetit and Gaétan Barrette have very strong personalities.
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In a message sent to his Twitter feed on Wednesday, Mr.me Montpetit, health spokesperson, broadcast then commented a statement that Mr. Barrette made on Tuesday on the same platform.
” Dear [Gaétan Barrette], this tweet is as unproductive as the authoritarian attitude and threats of [François Legault]. We would all gain from a change of tone towards health professionals who have been carrying the network at arm’s length since the start of the pandemic, ”she wrote on Wednesday.
The day before, Mr. Barrette, who was Minister of Health from 2014 to 2018, himself commented on the words of the president of the Federation of general practitioners of Quebec, Louis Godin.
” Understood [toutes] interviews with Dr Godin. He says the same words as in 2015 [quand] he had undertaken to register 85% of the [population] and pass his [membres] adapted access, a mode of practice through which we see its [médecin] in [trois jours]. Do not believe it! PS 2000 ago [médecins de plus] since 2009 ! “
Thursday, Mr. Barrette preferred not to comment on Mr.me Montpetit about it.