Quebec “practically euthanized” 6000 seniors in CHSLDs during the first wave of the pandemic, says the former leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec.
At the opening of the last day of the party’s congress, Sunday, Adrien Pouliot attacked the management of the pandemic by the Legault government while accusing the “traditional media” of having been “complacent” towards the government. Prime Minister.
“Unfortunately, there are still a lot of people who think that François Legault did an extraordinary job with the pandemic when we have only to look elsewhere to see that Quebec has practically euthanized 6000 seniors in our CHSLDs through gross incompetence ”, He declared, in front of approximately 425 virtual participants.
Adrien Pouliot then called for a public commission of inquiry into the pandemic.
Even if Quebec can count on “good media anyway” such as “CHOI Radio X, Quebec proud [et] Quebec news ”according to him, it is time to“ set up an alternative media which will be credible, which will be professional, which will be accessible ”in order to“ counterbalance the traditional media which eat out of the hands of their masters ”.
It should be remembered that several major CHOI Radio X advertisers threatened in the fall of 2020 to withdraw their advertisements from the station’s airwaves because of the discourse that was held there with regard to health rules during a pandemic.
No less than 11,200 people aged 60 and over have died of COVID-19 in Quebec since the start of the pandemic, including 5,212 during the first wave, when CHSLDs were particularly affected.
After speaking out in favor of widespread tax cuts on Saturday, conservative activists will study their political party’s proposals for education, freedom of expression, language, culture and immigration.
To close the event, the new party leader, Éric Duhaime, of which this is the first congress, will address the activists and then the media.