Tension rose again between Quebec and Ottawa on Saturday, at the political conference of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) in Saint-Hyacinthe.
The Quebec Minister of Immigration and Canadian Relations, Jean-François Roberge, criticized the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, for washing his dirty laundry in public.
Thursday evening, while in the presence of French President Emmanuel Macron, Mr. Trudeau accused the Prime Minister of Quebec, François Legault, of spreading falsehoods on the immigration issue.
Mr. Trudeau said he noticed that Mr. Legault wanted to “politicize” the issue of immigration “at all costs.” According to Mr. Roberge, the Prime Minister of Canada did not behave with dignity.
“I think Mr. Trudeau escaped, as they say. It’s not smart to quibble over the visit,” he declared at the press scrum.
Conversely, François Legault “showed the stature of a statesman”, according to him, by making “no reproaches in the presence of Mr. Macron”. “The same cannot be said of Mr. Trudeau,” he added.
Last week, Mr. Legault asked the Bloc Québécois to vote with the Conservatives to overthrow the Trudeau government, under the pretext that Ottawa is not doing enough on immigration.
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