Prime Minister François Legault's comments denouncing the federally appointed judges who ruled that Quebec asylum seekers had the right to access subsidized daycare funds drew attention from political analyst Luc Lavoie on Friday.
Earlier this week, François Legault accused Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon of “lying flat on his stomach in front of the federal government” because … he was willing to accept the appeal court ruling. a court composed of judges appointed by Ottawa.
This criticism of the justice system deeply irritated Luc Lavoie.
“This statement is terrible,” raged the analyst on QUB Radio. “So let him be prime minister, let him stop talking nonsense and attacking institutions that are fundamental to social peace and harmony,” he said. added.
Asked by moderator Alexandre Moranville-Ouellet about a hypothetical parallel between François Legault and Donald Trump, who constantly questions the impartiality of judges south of the border, Luc Lavoie did not mince his words and asserted that Mr. Legault is “worse than Donald Trump ” be. .
“This Prime Minister is the most mediocre I have seen since Duplessis. I can't believe it. He directly and directly attacks everything that is institutions and so on. […] He’s not a statesman, he’s a poor guy,” he continued.
“If there is something that the whole world, including democracies, is envious of, it is the Canadian justice system, because it is not corrupt, because the way judges are appointed leads to us over people with a very high level of competence,” analyzed Luc Lavoie.