Montreal | In response to the multiplication of acts of vandalism against election signs, the CAQ has started affixing a “Do not succumb to intimidation” sticker on the posters installed as an alternative.
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Our Parliamentary Office said the stickers, bearing the name of the party’s official agent, started circulating during the party’s first major worker rally in Drummondville last Sunday. So it is an official initiative of the CAQ and an election expense.
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Our Parliamentary Office said stickers condemning the intimidation were spread last Sunday during CAQ’s first major militant rally in Drummondville.
According to information obtained from the coalition Avenir Quebec, it was an idea hatched by the party’s succession commission because of the recurrence of acts of vandalism. In the ranks of the Caquists, we think this initiative is better than replacing vandalized signs as if nothing had happened.
It should be noted that every party has been condemning acts of vandalism since the election.
Sylvain Levesque took aim
Sylvain Lévesque, the Caquist candidate facing Conservative leader Eric Duhaime in the riding of Chauveau, among others, published a video on Tuesday afternoon to condemn the destruction of several of his election posters on Monday night. See you on Tuesday. We also see the candidate showing the sticker in question in the final seconds of its publication.
“Last night, in several neighborhoods of Chauvey riding, there was mass destruction of many of my election signs, Mr. Levesque said. To the person or persons who did this, I ask you a question: who did you harm yesterday by doing this illegal thing?
The CAQ candidate and outgoing deputy, who is seeking a second term in Chauveau, concluded by inviting all voters in his constituency on October 3 to “express themselves and vote”.
“unhealthy environment”
On Monday, the chief caquist, François Legault, lamented the “unhealthy atmosphere” observed since the start of the election campaign in Quebec. After airing his candidate and outgoing government whip Eric Lefebvre’s testimony in Arthabasca, he responded, “Such limits have been crossed.” Last Thursday evening, Mr. Lefebvre received a visit from about thirty vehicles in front of his house, as observed during the “Freedom Convoy” last winter.
“All those who vandalize signs, all those who bully, bully, your actions have human consequences,” Mr. Legault recalled, condemning this act of intimidation.
Duhaime responded
Quebec’s Conservative Party leader Eric Duhaime wanted to show “his sympathy” for Eric Lefebvre at a press conference in Montreal on Tuesday morning.
Mr. Eric Lefebvre is responsible for bringing the CAQ deputies who disagree with the government into the ranks, although he denies the threats and calls on everyone to advance their ideas by going to the vote. Duhaime emphasized.
“You know there’s also a member of the Coalition Avenir Quebec in the riding of Laviolette-Saint-Maurice, who rightly denies that CAQ members have been forced to keep quiet and that they’ve been gagged in some way. […] Korada is responsible for that”.
“Without any proof” Mr. The Conservative leader said the association between the actions taken at Lefebvre’s home and by Conservative sympathizers was “sad” and “irresponsible”.
– In collaboration with Gabriel Cote (QMI Agency).
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