Read Michel C. Auger’s column
Fabulous distraction
Mr. Legault is very well advised in communication. The way to divert the public’s attention to more unifying topics is fabulous. We talk too much about the third link, so hop! we take off the tie, we unbutton the shirt, we take off our hair and quickly quickly, we bring up another more popular subject. I dare to believe that people are not fooled.
Nicole carrier
The electoral circus
After the pandemic, it is the electoral circus. Panem and circenses (bread and games), enough to distract the crowd from the real issues. It won’t be the last such announcement.
Christophe Landarc
Someone needs to take care of our national sport
Yes, Mr. Legault is a partisan. And we are lucky that it is! Hockey is in bad shape in Quebec. However, it’s not the fans that are lacking, it’s the players … and a winning team. Finland produces more NHL players than Quebec. A real slap in the face of the village which has made hockey its national sport. I don’t care who’s going to take care of it. Someone has to do it. And since the CH leaders don’t, a true supporter can roll up their sleeves and do it themselves. Thank you Mr. Legault!
Normand Briand, Repentigny
The petticoat protrudes
By blowing on the embers of the dream of the return of the Nordics, Mr. Legault may be trying to secure the votes of those he risks losing when he has to back down on the third link. The politician’s petticoat already protrudes to mid-calf less than a year before the election.
Claude Jean
A plan for your retirement, Mr. Legault
François Legault’s plan to bring back the Nordiques should be his retirement plan. Once again becoming a simple citizen, he could buy the club himself and finance it out of his pocket, if this project is so dear to his heart. Rather, public finances should serve the population: repair existing infrastructure, schools in poor condition, the salaries of nurses, teachers, etc.
Michèle Patry
The risk is great
We cannot be against virtue! However, Mr. Legault is taking a considerable risk by meddling in the return of the Nordics. If he does not succeed, it will be the final end. There will be no options left. In negotiation, we must guard against the last resort. So, there will be none left and we can say that it is the end … a second time!
Serge Leduc, Pincourt
Other concerns
I will not vote for the Legault government. The problem of the lack of affordable housing, the need for education, young people in difficulty in neighborhoods without trees, without affordable sports facilities, without social resources concern me a lot.
Micheline Vigneault
Give everyone a chance to play sport
Only young people from well-off families can afford to play hockey. Hockey is a sport that costs too much for the vast majority of families in Quebec. Currently, our young people are being killed in our streets, shouldn’t we instead invest in less expensive sports in order to give everyone a chance?
Michelle simard
Millions in the private sector
No one in Quebec wants their tax dollars to be used to donate millions to extremely wealthy private organizations or to mercenary sportsmen who earn more in three months than I have in my entire life.
Louis Beland
So many things are wrong …
I am stunned to see our premier on the front lines of hockey. It seems to me that there are so many things that are wrong. We were told this over and over every day … Are we to understand that now all this is settled? Nurses, daycare spaces, CHSLDs, mental health, CPE, load shedding, health care for all, violence in the streets… To this day, my vote has been lost for the CAQ.
Carole Bureau
Poorly targeted investment
I find it hard to see our public funds invested in a sport that generates millions on its own and which remains and will remain so inaccessible to a large majority of Quebeckers. I’m not talking about alley hockey or at the park ice rink. Nor can I imagine a single mother or father with two or three children having the time and money to run in the arena several days a week. Even less the hundreds of dollars for equipment, and the thousands of dollars annually to invest to follow your child to tournaments if he is playing well.
The Legault government should instead set up a committee on inactivity among our young people and invest in infrastructure for small local sports clubs and schools. My grandson’s karate school has not started again since COVID-19, because the school where the lessons were given still does not give access to its room.
This is where we should collectively invest in our young people.
Marc Ladurantaye, Val-d’Or