Everything indicates that Jean-Talon’s CAQ MP, Joëlle Boutin, will announce her resignation this afternoon.
The media also received a subpoena for a press conference at around 9am on an “important announcement” made by Ms Boutin at 1pm.
Our Parliament Office has been able to confirm from a reliable source that Prime Minister François Legault discussed this with her at a meeting on Tuesday evening.
Joëlle Boutin was elected for the first time in a by-election on December 2, 2019, following the resignation of Liberal MP Sébastien Proulx, and was re-elected in the last general election, by almost 3,000 votes more than her closest Quebec rival. Solidarity. She bit the dust for the first time in her first election attempt against Mr Proulx in 2018, after which she became chief of staff to the ministerial delegate for the government’s digital transformation, Éric Caire.
The 43-year-old politician has a master’s degree in public administration and public policy from Concordia University, a bachelor’s degree in economics and politics from Laval University and a commercial pilot’s license and is recognized as an ambassador for women’s leadership qualities, particularly through the confusion of femmes alpha .
Joëlle Boutin is one of the members of the Caquiste caucus and is disappointed not to have been appointed to the Council of Ministers. Instead, François Legault offered her the position of parliamentary assistant for science and innovation to the super-minister for economy, innovation and energy, Pierre Fitzgibbon.
The absence of the MNA for Jean-Talon was also noticed a few days ago at the inauguration of phase 3 of the Promenade Samuel-de-Champlain, located in their riding area.
La Presse reported this morning that Caquistes had accepted his resignation. According to our information, the announcement should be made in the early afternoon.
His departure comes as the Parti Québécois leads the Quebec region’s voting intentions, according to the latest Léger-Le Journal poll.
More details to come…