The next election campaign has not yet been launched in Quebec, but the leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec, Éric Duhaime, is getting ahead. He will launch his in Quebec on Sunday and unveil the bus on which he will go to meet voters.
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He also invited them on Twitter to attend the event which is to take place in the afternoon at the Complexe Capitale Hélicoptère in Quebec City. This campaign launch comes a week after the unveiling of the Conservative Party of Quebec (PCQ) electoral platform entitled “Liberty 22” and centered on six themes: the economy, housing, health, transportation, the same as family and education.
This results in five proposals, namely tax cuts, the opening of the health system to the private sector, the abandonment of the tramway project in Quebec, the exploitation of hydrocarbons and the revision of the method of financing daycare services. .
The pre-election campaign has been underway in Quebec for quite some time now because of the fixed-date poll. Citizens will be called to ballot on October 3 to choose the 125 deputies of the National Assembly.
Éric Duhaime’s PCQ, which has never had a deputy elected, is trying to make a breakthrough, particularly in the Quebec region. MP Claire Samson became the party’s first representative in June 2021 after being excluded from the Coalition avenir Québec. She chose not to run again. Prime Minister François Legault is expected to kick off the election campaign on August 29.
Several Conservative candidates have drawn criticism in recent weeks for their controversial remarks. This is the case of the candidate in L’Assomption, Ernesto Almeida who had suggested in a publication on social networks in June to arm teachers after the Uvalde massacre in the United States. Éric Duhaime had defended his candidate and invoked freedom of expression.
A CBC News investigation also revealed in July that 16 PCQ candidates had shared conspiracy theories, misinformation or endorsed “personalities with extremist leanings” on social media during the pandemic. This is the case of its star candidate, the actress Anne Casabonne, who had relayed publications questioning the safety of the vaccine against COVID-19. In January, Éric Duhaime had asked for the gradual lifting of all health restrictions. Quebec was then experiencing its fifth wave of the pandemic.