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Young families in the 35-55 age demographic are flocking to the PCQ, Duhaime told me, while conceding that CAQ completely owns Quebec’s senior citizens. Both are bringing aboard historically apathetic young people, now hungry for attention to their legitimate interests. Like Poilievre, Duhaime supported the Freedom Convoy. He’s brash, and confident before crowds, projecting passion that springs from authentic convictions, consistently applied. Like his federal counterpart, Duhaime has been a political junkie from youth. (Duhaime is himself vaccinated, but was the only Quebec politician who, on grounds of academic freedom, defended microbiology professor Patrick Provost when he was suspended for voicing concerns about vaccinating children.)ĭuhaime resembles Pierre Poilievre. Duhaime is appalled by the demonization of those urging restraint in vaccination policies. (He himself says he would have applied something like the “light touch” Swedish model). Using Covid as an excuse, Duhaime says, Legault has been playing the “politics of division” for the past two years, pitting the vaccinated against the unvaccinated, anglos against francos and necessary health measures against “by far the worst measures” that ended in Quebec’s embarrassingly high Covid-related mortality rate.
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First and foremost, “more freedom.” Economically, this means tax cuts, suspension of the province’s gas tax and expansion of Quebec’ natural resources sector (he’d revive a dormant natural gas project).
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“The tectonic plates of Quebec politics are realigning,” Duhaime told media gathered days ago to hear his platform, a conservative dream list. Despite only receiving 1.46 per cent of the vote in the 2018 provincial election that gave the CAQ a landslide victory, a July Angus Reid poll puts their support at 19 per cent, well behind the CAQ but ahead of the PLQ (Liberal Party), an astonishing leap. Before Duhaime took the helm 15 months ago, the PCQ’s membership was a paltry 500 in number. Article contentĪnd it is clearly happening in Quebec. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.