The Parti Quebecois deserves a full-time leader, claim two opponents of Guy Nantel in the leadership race, while the comedian plans to end his tour of shows after his election.
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“The Parti Québécois is a party to be rebuilt and it will take a lot of time and energy to do so. It’s not a part-time job, ”Paul St-Pierre Plamondon said Thursday, in a written statement.
Same story with Sylvain Gaudreault. “We cannot afford to have a demi-chef”, declares in an interview the one who aspires to succeed Jean-François Lisée.
The newspaper revealed Thursday that at least 13 shows on the tour Our rights and freedoms are on the schedule by next summer. These are shows scheduled to take place last spring that have been postponed due to the pandemic, not new performances.
Mr. Nantel’s campaign team confirmed that the comedian could honor these contracts, even if he becomes PQ leader on October 9. However, no decision is taken. “It does not say that he will do them, it does not say that he will not do them either,” summed up his campaign manager, Christian Généreux.
“Lack of knowledge of reality”
“It will be up to the Parti Québécois activists to decide whether they prefer a full-time or part-time leader,” said Paul St-Pierre Plamondon. For my part, I quit my job as a lawyer last January to meet activists and I intend to put 100% of my energies the day after October 9 to revive our party, to travel through the regions, universities and communities. colleges to present the new Parti Québécois. “
Sylvain Gaudreault also promises to take up his “full-time” role as chef. “But when I am chief, I will be happy to organize a tour on independence for him,” he said of Mr. Nantel.
For the member for Jonquière, Guy Nantel’s desire to end his tour “demonstrates a lack of knowledge of the reality of a chef”. In addition, he fears a “confusion of genres” between the political message of a PQ leader and the “artistic discourse” of Mr. Nantel, known for his political and social humor.
The fourth candidate in this race, Frédéric Bastien, declined to comment.
Make Bill 101 a real charter
In addition, Sylvain Gaudreault unveiled on Thursday the linguistic component of his program. At the heart of its platform, it proposes to transform the Charter of the French language into a real constitutional law.
“As a result, all the other Quebec laws called upon to play a role in the language [comme la Loi sur l’instruction publique, le Code du travail, le Code civil, etc.] be interpreted in such a way as to guarantee the preeminence of the official and common language, French, ”explains the candidate in a document of which our Parliamentary Bureau has obtained a copy.
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