On his final campaign day before the election, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois got a helping hand from singer Émile Bilodeau. Both denounced, each in their own way, the negative consequences of François Legault’s speech on immigration.
From tour to tour, the Québec solidaire co-speaker was questioned on several occasions yesterday by immigrant Quebecers who came spontaneously to testify to him about the damage that the statements made by the first outgoing minister and his immigration minister had done to them.
“This morning I have a message for all Quebecers injured by François Legault: I will fight for you, regardless of the outcome of tomorrow’s election, I will not let you go. You deserve to be respected and you have not been respected during this campaign, then I do not accept that,” stressed Mr Nadeau-Dubois during a press scrum.
“I’m launching a call for all generations to vote again,” said the QS spokesman.
Singer-songwriter Émile Bilodeau, who came to distribute door hangers while riding Verdun with Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, will also take part in a demonstration outside the offices of François Legault in Montreal after noon on Sunday.
Scheduled for 2 p.m., the “Protest for a Quebec Free from Immigrant Discrimination” will bring together several immigrant artists, including Ricardo L’Amour, Renzel Dashington and Africana Soul Sister.
“It means acknowledging the humanity and then the fear of these people,” said Émile Bilodeau, who is happy to fight alongside Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois.
Questioned by journalists, the artist minimized the storm in a glass of water following the participation of Mr Nadeau-Dubois and Manon Massé in a TikTok video by influencer Emna Achour, who describes herself as an “anti-racist and eco-feminist”.
“Finally we have a leader who really listens to young people, two co-speakers visiting emerging artists,” Mr. Bilodeau said. I find it boring that we emphasize the content of a song that nobody knows. It’s cool that Manon then says to Gab: “We are there for the concerns of the young artists”, knowing full well that young people don’t feel heard at the moment, and especially the artists. So I find it boring that we talk more about the song than what the video really means. »