CAQ brings in the heavy artillery in Jean-Talon: CAQ MPs take part in a massive door-to-door operation on Wednesday evening in preparation for the October 2nd by-election. Even the weekly caucus meeting was canceled on this occasion.
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CAQ elected officials typically meet for a caucus at the end of the day on Wednesday, but that meeting was removed from the agenda this week. The party called on all MPs to help the candidate for the Jean Talon by-election, Marie-Anik Shoiry, TVA Nouvelles has learned.
Shortly after 6 p.m., the deputy for Montmorency, Jean-François Simard, was in a neighborhood of Sainte-Foy with Luc Provençal, deputy for Beauce-Nord.
Jean-Francois Simard, MP for Montmorency, and Luc Provençal, MP for Beauce-Nord, spoke to a citizen on Marsolet Street. Jean Francois Racine
Although some citizens refuse to answer the door, several voters on the street want to talk to elected officials. On Marsolet Street, one owner insisted on saying no to the streetcar project, whose costs were skyrocketing. “Yes, I will vote,” said Steve, who preferred not to give his last name.
According to the party, participation of elected officials in this activity is not mandatory, but “the response was very good” and several deputies were scheduled to walk the streets of Jean-Talon on Wednesday evening. Ministers will also be present.
The call also extended to the party’s political staff, who were also mobilized for this show of force.
This massive deployment of resources to the Jean-Talon election campaign comes the day after the CAQ filed a complaint with the Ethics Commissioner against PQ MP Pascal Bérubé, who used his National Assembly email address to target PQ sympathizers Asking for help in the by-election, which violates the Code of Ethics for Elected Officials.
Pascal Bérubé described this complaint as “ridiculous” and defended himself by accusing the CAQ of not seeing the balance in its own eyes. “Those who complain [ce courriel] make significant use of state resources, political employees, ministerial limousines [pour faire campagne dans Jean-Talon] “, he remarked.
According to a Léger survey, the PQ and CAQ are neck and neck in this part. According to a Léger poll, they are at 32% and 30% of voting intentions, respectively, well ahead of QS (17%) and PLQ (16%).
In collaboration with Jean-François Racine