SAINTE-ANNE-DE-LA-PERADE | The leader of the Quebec Conservative Party on Saturday distanced himself from conspiracy theories about the pandemic and vaccines, saying it is necessary to “show nuance” in this type of debate.
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In his Saturday morning column, Mario Dumont wondered if Éric Duhaime would be willing to say “that Trump lost the election” and that “the pandemic and vaccines are not the result of a government conspiracy.”
As he walked through Mauricie, the Conservative leader replied, stressing that he “still finds it very special” to be asked these questions.
“No, I don’t think it’s a conspiracy. Still, I’d like us to put it into perspective a little bit,” said Mr. Duhaime.
“For example, when it was said a few months ago that the virus had broken out from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, that was considered a conspiracy theory. There are even social networks that censor people who wrote this,” he lamented.
Today this thesis is “valid and valid”, believes Mr. Duhaime. “This is a serious hypothesis and no longer a conspiracy theory,” said Éric Duhaime.
Mr. Duhaime, a former adviser to Mario Dumont for Action Démocratique du Québec (ADQ), also believes he is associated with conspiratorial movements because he is one of “those who think that freedom of expression has to express itself” and that “people should do this”. have freedom of choice”.
“I believed in it even when I was promoting Mr. Dumont […] and I haven’t changed my mind,” he concluded.
He did not comment on Donald Trump’s 2020 election defeat.