It’s election day, and La Presse traveled to the greater Montreal area to meet voters in four watch races.
Posted at 4:20 p.m
Frederik Xavier Duhamel The press
It was quiet in the early afternoon at the Collège André-Grasset, one of the polling stations in Maurice-Richard’s ride, in the north of the island of Montreal. According to a local Elections Quebec official, a few voters showed up at regular intervals, about a hundred since the start of the day.
Suzanne hasn’t followed the campaign much, and she’s been making her choice for a while. It’s about “services to the population,” she says before the election. health, education? “All of that,” she replies tit for tat. “I’m fascinated by the tax cuts…” she continues, making it clear that she’s not impressed.
In the Marcel-Giroux community center in Verdun, a small line formed in the morning, but according to an employee, it quickly disappeared.
It was important to vote for Johanne, who has exercised her rights in another office and is in the community center for other reasons. “If we don’t vote, I think we can criticize, but at least we’ve done our duty,” she said.
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Johanne, a voter, met at the Verdun stables
toward the South Shore. The polling station on Place du Commerce in Brossard is by far the busiest on our itinerary. Treasurers in the Laporte constituency are not idle and sales are fluid despite the configuration of the premises, which one official describes as “all crooked”.
Paul followed the campaign closely and spoke to his wife before making his choice. “When they talked about immigration, it really touched me,” he says, having immigrated to Quebec from Laos himself at the age of 7. He is still interested in the words of Jean Boulet, CAQ candidate and former Minister of Immigration, who stated that 80% of new arrivals do not work, do not speak French or do not adhere to Quebec values. “It shocked me,” he said as he left the office.
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Paul, a selector, met while riding Laporte
The choice was not easy for Tracey, met at the same place, and she recently decided. “I’m Anglophone, it was difficult to make a decision,” she said. The most important thing is “to choose someone who represents the English-speaking community,” the mother adds.
Last stop at the neighboring Marie-Victorin stables. Samuel and Florence came together to vote at the Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue Cocathedral-Museum in Longueuil. They followed the election campaign “a bit”, but they already knew who they were going to vote for. your priority? “Especially the environment,” Florence replies, and Samuel agrees.
The polling stations are open until 8 p.m. on Monday.