During his congress, François Legault appointed his new main opponent: the Parti Québécois.
This is understandable: the PQ is rising in the polls, primarily attracting the nationalist constituency that the CAQ has held in its grip since 2018 and forms the basis of its majority.
But how to attack the PQ in the face of nationalism in a context marked by the decline of French?
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François Legault thinks he knows.
He explains that to reverse the decline of the French, the PQ is waiting for the great evening of independence, when urgent action is needed. And only the CAQ would be able to do that because they are in power.
Surely. Let us add that the Prime Minister’s “measures” are ineffective measuring spoons that are more a matter of communication than politics.
But can we urgently act as he suggests, while acknowledging that Quebec could act much more decisively and effectively if it had all the powers?
But François Legault does not want to talk about independence. Like a liberal of the Charest years, he repeats, jumping like a goat: referendum, referendum, referendum! As if it were a magic word to scare child voters.
Aside from arguing that action must be taken immediately, it most importantly fails to answer the other fundamental question: Is there a long-term benefit for Quebec residents in staying in a Canada where they are doomed to go to more and more life? minority, and who will ultimately condemn the Francophones to becoming a minority in Quebec itself?
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François Legault is an effective nationalist when it comes to verbally attacking radical federalists and the multicultural left.
But when it comes time to walk the talk, it dwindles into a political raisin.
