I was very surprised to learn that Marc Tanguay, interim leader of the Quebec Liberal Party, was considering reintegrating Marie-Claude Nichols into his party’s caucus. After showing a flagrant lack of solidarity, the MP sounded the charge against Dominique Anglade, who finally left the political arena. In terms of responsibilities in this case, she was however directly concerned. The result is a new fiasco that Marc Tanguay tries to cover up by resolutely pointing to an increasingly uncertain future. These episodes worthy of a parody of politics will certainly help put off voters who are targeted by the Liberal Party in its reconquest of the entire territory of Quebec.
What was once a great nationalist and unifying party has become unrecognizable. However, the last elections are clearly part of the perspective of a decline that now seems irreversible. The reasons for this shipwreck are numerous, and within the party, one carefully avoids evoking a painfully recent past which is nonetheless a very cumbersome burden. I believe that we can designate the reign of Jean Charest and its unfortunate consequences with the smell of scandal as well as the coming to power of Philippe Couillard as the main causes of the breaches that we are unable to plug. The recent campaign has also been haunted by the ghosts of this past that we would like to see disappear. The presence of Carlos Leitão, the great architect of the austerity imposed by Philippe Couillard, and his budgetary framework in the form of a mess are added here to the desertion of deputies in this dark period of Quebec politics and to the recruitment difficulties which underline the province-wide party precariousness. The worst is undoubtedly to come, because the current shortcomings will undoubtedly discourage certain voters within the strongholds liberals of the great metropolitan area.
I am concerned to see the opportunism and the pursuit of personal interests that characterize individuals who occupy higher positions and I am sorry for the effects of these ethical shortcomings on the sound management of the common good. Thus, faced with the overwhelming majority of the CAQ, we will now have to rely on a most lame official opposition. I sincerely believe that we would be better served by the members of QS and the PQ, who moreover have more democratic legitimacy than the PLQ.
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