(Shawinigan and Trois-Rivières) Despite the withdrawal of another Liberal candidate, Dominique Anglade is not throwing in the towel: “Look at me going,” she said on Sunday, a nod to the controversial “Just watch me” by former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre-Elliott Trudeau.
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The day got off to a bad start for Dominique Anglade when his political party confirmed that another candidate withdrew at midnight minus one. The Liberal Party of Quebec (PLQ) had to replace their candidate already announced in the riding of Joliette, Malek Arab, the very day of the end of the legal period for nominations, Saturday.
The day before, Dominique Anglade also had confirmation that his team of candidates was incomplete. The Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec (DGEQ) rejected the candidate’s candidacy form in Matane-Matapédia – a decision that the Liberal Party of Quebec (PLQ) is legally contesting.
“I don’t do politics because it’s easy, I do politics because I believe in it,” said chef Dominique Anglade in the morning, during a stop in Shawinigan.
But in the afternoon, Dominique Anglade went further when asked if she was still a strong opponent in the electoral campaign. “Watch me go, watch me go in the countryside,” she said during a short press scrum at a shopping center in Trois-Rivières.
His team confirmed to The Press that it was an assumed nod to Pierre-Elliott Trudeau’s statement in October 1970. War Measures Act was triggered in the following days.
Dominique Anglade made this statement in the context where Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois said on Saturday evening that a two-way fight is taking shape in the electoral campaign between Québec solidaire and the Coalition avenir Québec. The liberal leader assures that she is on the contrary “more than ever” in the race. ” [Il reste] two weeks of campaign ahead of us, ”she recalled on Sunday.