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Quebec elections: Party leaders make their final appeals in the last hours of the election campaign

Quebec elections: Party leaders make their final appeals in the last hours of the election campaign

By عبد السلام

Published: October 3, 2022

The leaders of the main parties in Quebec made their final appeals to voters on Sunday as residents across the province prepared to cast their ballots on October 3.

Polls are open from 9:30 AM to 8 PM on Monday.

During that time, Quebec residents will either support or condemn their leaders' behavior during the overhaul of the main language law, existential questions about the province's identity, and of course, the pandemic.

Here's how party leaders spent their precious last hours on the campaign trail:

- Dominique Anglade

The Liberal leader Dominique Anglade began her day in Ungava, northern Quebec, alongside Tunnunik Napatuk, former mayor of Kuujjuaq.

Anglade faces uncertainty regarding the election as polls indicate there is a chance she could lose her seat in southwest Montreal.

Instead of rallying her base there, she chose to spend Sunday 1,500 kilometers to the north. By doing so, she said she hoped to send a clear message that "everyone matters."

She made these remarks after facing questions about what her visit means in the context of a campaign period with little discussion about Indigenous affairs. From any party.

Anglade said, "It doesn’t matter where you are from, it doesn’t matter where you live in the territory, that you are from Quebec, and we all want to build a community together. We all want to move forward together."

She added that her government will work to establish dialogue with Indigenous communities, improve education and access to justice, and ensure Indigenous peoples have "running water."

- Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois

Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois of Québec Solidaire spent his day rallying support in the Montreal area.

The party hopes to make gains throughout the region, including some Liberal strongholds in the west.

Party spokesperson Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois told his supporters and the press that "the best action to take for the environment is to vote for Québec Solidaire."

The spokesperson, whose party has positioned itself throughout the campaign as the greenest of the five, said: "If you are looking for a reason to vote tomorrow, I have a reason for you.” "Go and vote for your children and grandchildren."

He added, "Every additional member of Québec Solidaire (in the National Assembly) is a member for the environment."

- Paul Saint-Pierre Plamondon

Parti Québécois leader Paul Saint-Pierre Plamondon made his way from Gaspé to the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region. While stopping at a restaurant in Sept-Îles, Saint-Pierre Plamondon urged his supporters to speak with hesitant family and friends to revive the drive for sovereignty in Quebec’s capital.

With Québec Solidaire’s rising popularity, Parti Québécois had to share the remaining 30 percent of voters still interested in separation from Canada.

Earlier in the campaign, polls suggested QS might have taken PQ out of this voter base. However, recent projections show a four-way tie for second place, with the two separatist parties close in general support.

He told his supporters on Sunday, "If you like our ideas, and if you like our style of politics, then let's work for you – to defend the regions, to defend French speakers, and to continue Quebec’s independence."

- Éric Duhaime

Conservative leader Éric Duhaime started his day in Laval before heading to the Quebec City area to rally his base in Beauce.

Despite the support he received in the polls for competing with other main parties for second place, the Conservatives are only expected to win a few seats.

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