With just two days to go before Quebecers head to the polls, the party leaders are making a final-weekend push across the province on day 38 of the campaign Saturday.
Parti Québécois (PQ) Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon was in Quebec City laying out what he says would be his government’s priorities during its first 100 days, if elected. St-Pierre Plamondon promised to cut the gas tax by seven cents a litre, creating a government efficiency secretariat to target bureaucracy and launching consultations on education this winter. The PQ is also vowing to reduce immigration levels.
Quebec Liberal Party Leader Charles Milliard, whose party trails behind the PQ in second place, started the day in Lachute, west of Montreal, before heading east, with stops in Trois-Rivières and Quebec City. He called the PQ’s separatist ambitions archaic, telling voters to look at what happened in the UK with Brexit which has now become “Bregret.”
Conservative Leader Éric Duhaime started Saturday in Quebec City on a high after recent polls showed his party gaining two percentage points. Duhaime is on track for his campaign objective: to elect 12 deputies to the National Assembly and increase his party’s visibility.
CAQ Leader Christine Fréchette is spending Saturday on Montreal’s South Shore, with stops in Saint-Hubert, Chambly and Rougemont as her party makes its final-weekend push. She said her party continues to lean centre right and that a referendum on separation from Canada is not a priority. She added that the CAQ was working hard to lessen bureaucracy and make government efficient.
In Montreal, Québec Solidaire (QS) co-spokesperson Ruba Ghazal is making a final pitch around public service. She says her party would take a different approach from the other major parties when it comes to reducing government spending. QS reiterated campaign promises on housing, public transit and the cost of groceries.
Quebecers will have a final opportunity to cast their ballots on voting day Monday between 9:30 a.m. and 8 p.m.
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