Quebec political leaders talk independence and trains on election campaign trail
Christine Fréchette and other party leaders tied their positions on sovereignty and the Alto rail project to voter trust, farmland protection and project costs.
- On Thursday, Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette declined to clarify her personal stance on sovereignty, telling reporters, "My personal position is not important" while prioritizing the trade war with the United States.
- Fréchette previously worked for the Parti Québécois and has long argued "this is the worst possible timing" for an independence referendum, claiming that under former premier Pauline Marois, most decisions were analyzed for their impact on the sovereignty movement.
- Liberal Leader Charles Milliard insisted his party is the "only truly federalist option," while Conservative Leader Éric Duhaime called on voters to give his party "balance of power" to "block any referendum project."
- Regarding the controversial Alto high-speed train project, Fréchette set conditions for her support, requiring proof that "economic benefits are substantial" and agreement with affected stakeholders, including agricultural and municipal communities.
- With the election set for October 5, PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon continues campaigning on sovereignty, stating a vote for him "is a vote for independence" and promising a referendum in his first mandate if the PQ forms government.
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Quebec political leaders talk independence, trains on election campaign trail
The leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec, Christine Fréchette, is declining to say whether she supports Quebec independence while on the provincial election campaign trail. “My personal position is not important,” she told journalists. “It’s not pertinent information.” She later posted on social media that she does not want to deny her past as a […]
The caquist leader did not want to say, on Thursday, what box she would check in a vote on Quebec's independence.
"My personal position doesn't matter," said the caquist chief in response to questions about her position on Quebec sovereignty.
Former political employee in the Marois government, Christine Fréchette today refuses to say whether she is in favour of Quebec's independence.
QUEBEC — On sovereignty, "my personal position doesn't matter," said the caquist leader Christine Fréchette on Thursday in Quebec City. "It's not relevant," she then insisted at a press conference in front of a steel component factory. Yet, the national issue has not been so present in a Quebec election campaign since [...]
Former political employee of a Pequist government, the Caquist leader and outgoing prime minister Christine Fréchette refuses to say whether she is a sovereignist. Voters do not have to know this to make a choice on October 5, she says.
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