US EditionFormer CAQ minister Lionel Carmant rejoining party caucus after leaving last fall
Carmant is returning sooner than expected as Legault’s final weeks in office follow months of turbulence over doctor pay rules.
- Lionel Carmant rejoined the Coalition Avenir Quebec caucus on Wednesday, appearing alongside Premier Legault at the National Assembly to announce his return to the party he helped found in 2011.
- Carmant had been sitting as an Independent since leaving the caucus last October, having resigned to protest the government's controversial Bill 2 imposing salary and work conditions on medical specialists.
- Returning early to support Legault, who announced his resignation in Janurary, Carmant told reporters, "When I left he was there for me and it's important now for me to be there with him for his last week."
- Christine, running against MNA Bernard Drainville for the CAQ leadership, received support from Carmant at Saturday's debate in Laval as the party prepares for the April 12 leadership vote.
- Despite the reconciliation, Christian Dub remains absent from the caucus following his departure amid the medical specialists' dispute, while Legault noted that the contentious clauses in Bill 2 have since been removed.
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SooToday.com
Return of ex-minister Carmant to the CAQ a bit of good news ahead of October election
QUÉBEC — Former Quebec minister Lionel Carmant announced Wednesday he's rejoining the Coalition Avenir Québec caucus after a five-month stint as an Independent, as the governing party tries to mount a comeback ahead of the October general election.
He said he wanted to be present for the last days of his friend François Legault as Prime Minister.
The Toronto Star
Former CAQ minister Lionel Carmant rejoining party caucus after leaving last fall
QUÉBEC - Former Quebec minister Lionel Carmant is rejoining the Coalition Avenir Québec caucus, five months after he resigned from the governing party to sit as an Independent over concerns
Lionel Carmant, who had slammed the door of the Coalition futur Québec (CAQ) last fall because of the law 2 imposed on doctors, announced on Wednesday that he was returning to his party.
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lechodelarivenord.caQUEBEC — Lionel Carmant, who had slammed the door of the Coalition futur Québec (CAQ) last fall because of the law 2 imposed on doctors, announced Wednesday that he was returning to his party. He presented himself with a smile alongside François Legault just before the Question Period, saying that he wanted to be present for the last [...]
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