(Boucherville) It is to believe that they had spread the word. The leader of the Parti Québécois (PQ) Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, the former parliamentary leader and PQ MP Pascal Bérubé, as well as the leader of the Bloc Québécois in Ottawa, Yves-François Blanchet, in turn affirmed on Saturday that voters had to be wary of the consequences of a CAQ tidal wave during the next election.
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Updated at 2:53 p.m.
“There is no doubt that Quebecers will ask themselves [s’il est] healthy to crush all the opposition parties to promote [la Coalition avenir Québec]which already has 76 deputies and which above all shows signs of arrogance”, declared Mr. St-Pierre Plamondon at the National Council of the PQ in Boucherville.
“What does Quebec need? Does he need 126 CAQ deputies out of 125? “, then questioned Mr. Blanchet.
“Their arrogance will definitely work against them. They have a hard time restraining themselves, they hardly [font] not the little train like in a Club Med in Drummondville, ”continued Mr. Bérubé, in reference to the congress of the party forming the government, which also takes place on Saturday.
But unlike the CAQ, which currently has favorable polls, the opposition parties are struggling in terms of voting intentions, while the election will take place on October 3. Faced with disastrous figures for his party, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon persisted and signed by putting forward the Quebec independence project.
“We don’t choose the era in which we fight, but we choose the convictions that we decide to carry,” he said.
” Do not be afraid ”
In his opening speech delivered to a crowd of overflowing energy at the National Council of the PQ, the PQ leader did not sweep under the carpet the results of the most recent survey by the firm Léger, published Friday in the media of Quebecor , while his party brings up the rear in terms of voting intentions with a meager 8%.
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Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon
When asked which leader would make the best prime minister, respondents answered 46% for current premier François Legault, followed by Éric Duhaime of the Conservative Party (11%), Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois of Québec solidaire (10 %), Dominique Anglade of the Quebec Liberal Party (9%) and Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, only 2%. “There is room for progress,” said Pascal Bérubé philosophically.
” Do not be afraid. Walk proudly with your head held high. Walk straight, because you are telling the truth and you are on the right side of history, ”said the leader of the Parti Québécois to his activists.
In a part of his speech where he was addressing voters, Mr. St-Pierre Plamondon affirmed that “the independence of Quebec is necessary and urgent”. In this context, he added, “our message to you is that the CAQ does not need your vote, but Quebec independence does”.
Hope despite everything
For the parliamentary leader and MP for the Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Joël Arseneau, “the only thing that is certain with the polls is that they will change. We will not be able to give the keys to parliament with 125 deputies for the CAQ. It will not arrive. »
Will the issue of the election this fall be to define which party will form the official opposition? “We can see it like that,” admitted Mr. Arseneau, specifying all the same that he is not embarking on an electoral campaign to lose.
” [François Legault] wants his mandate to be strong. Personally, I hope that the opposition’s mandate will be stronger so that we can precisely confront the government,” he said.
“I don’t concede […] nothing,” declared Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, while his Bloc ally in Ottawa, Mr. Blanchet, recalled what was obvious to him: “the campaign is not over, it has not begun. “.