(Fatima, Kuujjuaq) Dominique Anglade had to defend his choice to end his campaign in Kuujjuaq in Nord-du-Québec while Liberal strongholds are threatened in Greater Montreal. “Everyone matters,” pleaded the Liberal leader on Sunday.
Posted at 7:20 a.m.
Updated at 2:39 p.m.
“Everyone counts,” said Dominique Anglade during a press scrum in front of the general store in Kuujjuaq, in the Nord-du-Québec region. At his side, his candidate and former mayor of the northern village, Tunu Napartuk argued the importance of bringing a strong voice for the First Nations to the National Assembly the day after the election.
Dominique Anglade defended his choice to end his campaign in Ungava. On Saturday, she visited Gaspésie and the Îles-de-la-Madeleine. This strategy means that the leader of the Liberal Party of Quebec will have spent more time on the plane on Sunday rather than on the ground, the day before the election.
“We were present everywhere during the campaign, we were everywhere, it’s important. When we say to bring all Quebecers together, it is a message that we are sending to be present throughout the territory, and to send a very strong message to all the communities, including the Aboriginal communities,” argued Ms.me England.
According to the Qc125 projection site, the CAQ (Denis Lamothe, outgoing) would be ahead in Ungava with 35% of the voting intentions. The Parti Québécois (Christine Moore) and the Liberals would be neck and neck with 20% and 19% of the vote. Ungava has a strong PQ past, except from 2014 to 2018, when the vast riding was colored Liberal red. Québec solidaire also has Ungava in its sights. The left-wing party featured author and Cree activist Maïtée Labrecque-Saganash.
Appeal to the “undecided”
After a five-week campaign during which the needle did not move in his favor, Dominique Anglade calls on undecided voters on Sunday to choose his option. The Liberal leader is not discouraged by the opinion polls which have not shown signs of an upturn for the Liberal troops after 36 days of campaigning.
“The campaign is ending, that’s democracy, I see a lot of people who are still undecided, who can still decide where they want to go,” reacted Dominique Anglade in the Magdalen Islands, before s fly to Kuujjuaq.
What I can tell you is that our voice, the voice of Quebecers, we want to make it strong, and that there is another way, another style of leadership that we need to see in Quebec.
Dominique Anglade, leader of the PLQ
When the elections were called, Dominique Anglade’s Liberal Party also had 17% in voting intentions. The Liberal leader will therefore not have succeeded in moving the needle in her favor during the 36 days of the campaign, according to a latest Léger poll which places her at the same level.
“The real poll is going to be on October 3, I call on everyone who wants to see another style of leadership, on everyone who sees that what is happening does not reflect what they want, “he said. – she pleaded in the press scrum on Sunday.
According to a Léger poll published Sunday in the Quebecor media, Dominique Anglade gained a percentage point in the voting intentions to return to 17%, which put him two points ahead of Québec solidaire and the Parti Québécois who are at equality, at 15%. The Conservative Party of Quebec won 14%.
It also seems that the CAQ leader has managed to slow down his descent when he obtains 38% of the voting intentions, according to the sounding which was carried out from September 28 to 30. The statements of François Legault and Jean Boulet would therefore not have harmed the CAQ.