The next election campaign has not yet started in Quebec, but the leader of the Quebec Conservative Party, Éric Duhaime, is making progress. He will launch his in Quebec on Sunday, unveiling the bus he will use to meet voters.
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He also invited her on Twitter to attend the event, which is scheduled to take place this afternoon at the Complexe Capitale Hélicoptère in Quebec City. This campaign kicks off a week after the unveiling of the Quebec Conservative Party (PCQ) electoral platform, titled “Liberty 22,” and focuses on six themes: economy, housing, health, transport, and family and education.
This resulted in five proposals, namely tax cuts, opening up the healthcare system to the private sector, abandoning the Quebec streetcar project, exploiting hydrocarbons and revising the method of funding daycare.
The primaries in Quebec have been going on for some time because of the deadline poll. Citizens will be called on October 3 to elect the 125 deputies to the National Assembly.
Éric Duhaime’s PCQ, which has never been elected MP, is trying to make a breakthrough in the Quebec region. MP Claire Samson became the party’s first representative in June 2021 after being expelled from the Coalition avenir Québec. She decided not to run anymore. Prime Minister François Legault is expected to open the election campaign on August 29th.
Several conservative candidates have come under criticism for their controversial statements in recent weeks. This is the case of L’Assomption candidate Ernesto Almeida, who, in a publication on social networks in June, proposed arming teachers after the Uvalde massacre in the United States. Éric Duhaime had defended his candidate and invoked freedom of expression.
An investigation by CBC News also found in July that 16 PCQ candidates had shared conspiracy theories, misinformation or “personalities with extremist tendencies” on social media during the pandemic. Such is the case of her star candidate, actress Anne Casabonne, who had shared publications questioning the safety of the vaccine against COVID-19. In January, Éric Duhaime called for the gradual lifting of all health restrictions. Quebec was then experiencing its fifth wave of the pandemic.