After being recently accused by the leader of the Solidarity Parliament, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, of being “disconnected from Quebecers” during this period of inflation, François Legault responded to the criticism directed at him on Sunday morning.
The Prime Minister of Quebec published a long message on the social network Facebook about the rising cost of living. François Legault remembered growing up in a humble environment. He stated that since 2018 he has taken measures to help Quebecers financially.
“One of the first things I have asked of our new Treasury Secretary Eric Girard is that we take action to help our less well-off seniors,” he wrote. We didn’t promise it during the election campaign, but we still paid $200 to hundreds of thousands of elderly people who were struggling to get there.”
François Legault particularly emphasized the increase in family allowances, as well as the granting of an amount of $600 “for the less well-off and $400 for the others”.
The prime minister threw a few darts at the opposition after recent criticism from Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois and Parti Québécois (PQ) leader Paul Saint-Pierre Plamondon.
“They just found out that a lot of Quebecers need more money and help,” said François Legault. While I have been committed to concretely helping the world for five years, the PQ leader has torn his shirt against tax cuts. Mr. Nadeau-Dubois wanted to reach into your pockets with his orange taxes. You have to have a front…”
“The opposition just woke up, but I didn’t wait to help the world. “I have been working on putting more money back in your wallet for five years and I plan to continue,” he added.
Recall that Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois criticized the fact that the leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec “doesn’t often meet people who do their grocery shopping at Dollarama.” For his part, Paul Saint-Pierre Plamondon described the government as “satisfied” and stressed that that she was “not in any great hurry to keep her commitments”.