Legault government fatigue will favor the Parti Québécois in the next elections, believes Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, who believes he doesn’t need Quebec Solidaire to take power and gain sovereignty.
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“It is a certainty: all governments have an end of the cycle. An exhausted, worn-out, deadlocked government always cedes power to another party,” he said in an interview with the QMI Agency on the sidelines of the PQ national congress.
This party, he believes, could well be his. “What sets us apart from everyone else is that we have a vision for the future,” explained the PQ leader, affirming that politics is not a question of strategies and tactics.
“My strategy is to have no strategy and just say what I think about our future in the simplest way possible,” said Paul St-Pierre Plamondon.
He immediately rules out an alliance with Québec solidaire, even when he is told that in an electoral system like ours, the fragmentation of the opposition usually benefits the party in power.
“No, that’s just not intended,” he said, suppressing the fact that “anyone can make the factual determination that QS is not an independent party.
talk to everyone
Has the PQ committed to producing sovereignty documents, such as a “Year 1 budget” or even a “white paper” on independence, with the aim of consolidating its base after the worst setback – the party elections?
“It’s exactly the opposite,” Paul St-Pierre Plamondon replied, startled.
Sitting at the end of his chair, the PQ leader claims his party isn’t even targeting a specific constituency. “We don’t tell ourselves we’re saying that to get votes from QS or from the Conservatives or the CAQ. We talk to everyone all the time, that’s all.
Atypical course
The PQ leader also notes that his career has led him to work in environments that aren’t very fertile for sovereign ideas, such as “Montreal office towers.” This, in his opinion, is a win in the game.
“I studied law at McGill University and at the University of Oxford (…) explained Paul St-Pierre Plamondon. I speak Danish, studied in Sweden, lived in Norway, worked in England. It’s a profile, for my youth and my twenties, totally atypical for the PQ.
“Maybe then I can no longer address the more typical niche that is already convinced of the need for sovereignty, but really everyone,” he philosophizes, resting his cheek on his fist.
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