The leader of the Parti Québécois, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, will finally run in the riding of Bourget in Montreal in the general elections next fall.
“It is important for me in the choice of the riding of the leader of the Parti Québécois, to say that the battle for the language is happening in Montreal and the party must be present in Montreal for the trend to change,” he said. he said on the show Everybody talks about it, Sunday. Montreal is part of the national destiny of Quebecers”.
The seat is currently occupied by MP Richard Campeau, of the Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ). “Historically it is the county of Camille Laurin”, however, said the PQ leader.
In 2018 during the last elections, the Caquist deputy won by only 500 votes over the outgoing PQ deputy, Maka Kotto. Paul St-Pierre Plamondon does not currently sit in the National Assembly and had decided not to stand in the by-elections in the riding of Marie-Victorin.
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