The campaign in pictures – day 2: announcements and promises

Over the next 36 days, our journalists and photographers in the field will follow the 2022 election campaign in real time by collecting exclusive images and snapshots. Here is an overview of the second day of the campaign in photos and images.

1) Liberal Party leader Dominique Anglade is about to make an announcement. All the details here.

2) Paul St-Pierre-Plamondon of the Parti Québécois is greeted by a horde of journalists during his morning press briefing.

3) Sol Zanetti from Québec Solidaire performs an announcement concerning access to the river by citizens.

4) Dominique Anglade chooses a box of blueberries in a market

5) After promising a tax cut for Quebecers if he is re-elected, François Legault meets people in a restaurant in Bas-Saint-Laurent.

6) The Conservative Party of Quebec proposed “its” third link today during a press briefing on Île d’Orléans.

7) François Legault greets a young boy as he exits his party’s campaign bus.

8) Paul St-Pierre-Plamondon was present in an organization, but ultimately did not serve a meal.

9) “We also want to ax bilingual municipalities when there are fewer than 33% English speakers in the municipality,” insisted Paul St-Pierre Plamondon. The measure would concern 27 municipalities including Otterburn Park where the announcement was made and where 6% of the population is English-speaking.

10) Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is constantly closely followed by several bodyguards and police officers. Sometimes there are even ten.

11) The leader of the Parti Québécois ended his day at the Broue Shop in Sainte-Julie in Verchères where about 70 activists were waiting for him. He was welcomed by Bloc Québécois MP Stéphane Bergeron, who was once a PQ MP in Verchères.

12) Paul St-Pierre Plamondon was welcomed by Bloc Québécois MP Stéphane Bergeron, who was once a PQ MP in Verchères. Simon-Pierre Savard Tremblay as well as Martin Champoux.