Very effective in the National Assembly, André Fortin (Pontiac) gave a convincing demonstration live and in the presence of the Minister of Health, Christian Dubé, of the difficulty of obtaining an appointment with a family doctor on the Rendez-vous santé Québec website. HAS
Since the start of the crisis, Québec solidaire (QS) has led the charge on the housing issue. Christine Labrie (Sherbrooke) and Andrés Fontecilla (Laurier-Dorion) followed closely behind the Minister responsible for Housing, France-Élaine Duranceau, until she agreed to present a bill, adopted at full speed, providing for a three-year moratorium on evictions and better protection for seniors. HAS
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon (Camille-Laurin) excels in confronting Prime Minister Legault with his powerlessness vis-à-vis Ottawa, but he would do well to be less stubborn and better accept being confronted himself to the many turns that mark his political journey. B
The passionate plea of Ruba Ghazal (Mercier) in favor of the tens of thousands of civilians massacred in the Gaza Strip made all the more shocking the insensitivity of the Legault government, which persisted in opening a Quebec office in Tel -Aviv. B
For a year, the government made fun of the Parti Québécois (PQ) when it worried about the place of screens in the lives of young people and when Pascal Bérubé (Matane-Matapédia) called for a ban on cell phones in class. After banning it from classes, there are now plans to ban it everywhere in schools, and a special parliamentary commission will look into screens in the fall. B
As parliamentary leader, Monsef Derraji (Nelligan) has become a pillar of the Liberal Party of Quebec (PLQ). Although not spectacular, it ensures a certain stability within the parliamentary wing. B
By calling for investigations into the cocktails of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ), Vincent Marissal (Rosemont) managed to make Prime Minister Legault lose patience, who had to apologize to him. To everyone’s surprise, the CAQ even renounced popular financing. B
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Guillaume Cliche-Rivard (Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne) is the most effective critic of the Minister of Immigration, Christine Fréchette, but he has placed himself in a delicate situation by remaining the owner of a law office specializing in immigration law. VS
Judging by the latest Léger poll, the interim leader of the PLQ, Marc Tanguay (LaFontaine), has managed to win the favor of Liberal voters. His apology for the austerity of the Couillard years and the promise that a next Liberal government would once again clean up public finances did not demonstrate great political sense. VS
Always formidable in the National Assembly, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois (Gouin) experienced a difficult spring outside Parliament. The surprise resignation of Émilise Lessard-Therrien destabilized him. He saved his leadership in the Saguenay national council, and QS’s fall in the polls seems to have been stopped, but his “pragmatic” turn risks demobilizing many. VS
Faced with a record deficit of 11 billion, the official opposition finance spokesperson should hit home runs, but Frédéric Beauchemin (Marguerite-Bourgeoys) is struggling to get on base. The only member of the caucus to have openly declared his interest in the leadership race, he received the support of only 2% of Liberal voters. VS-
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Haroun Bouazzi (Maurice-Richard) too often indulges in excessive language. GND had to call him to order when it accused Prime Minister Legault of being complicit in war crimes and ethnic cleansing in Gaza. D
As his leader later admitted, André A. Morin (Acadia) acted too hastily by joining forces with the CAQ to denounce the use of the expression “person with a vagina” in a court judgment. the Supreme Court. Conversely, he refused to support a motion asking Ottawa to amend the Criminal Code to prevent a religious text from justifying hate speech. D
Prime Minister Legault, who needs a by-election as much as a toothache, undoubtedly wants Éric Lefebvre (Arthabaska) to stay in office as long as possible, but a man who has already announced his intention to jumping onto the federal scene should no longer have a place in the National Assembly. D
The president
At the end of the session, Prime Minister Legault mentioned the numerous criticisms of the Speaker of the House of Commons to highlight the qualities of the President of the National Assembly, Nathalie Roy (Montarville). She confounded the many skeptics who remembered the partisanship she had previously displayed. However, it does not have the same transparency as its predecessor regarding its expenditure. B