Who loves well chatises as well? François Legault and Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois are used to heated exchanges in the National Assembly. Here are four times when the tone rose between the two leaders.
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A “cowardly” prime minister
The last confrontation dates back to… this morning.
At the Salon bleu, the parliamentary leader of Québec solidaire described as “cowardly” the behavior of Prime Minister Legault following the recent revelations about the tragedy of the CHSLD Herron.
“We have a Prime Minister who takes credit for what is going well, who washes his hands of what is going wrong. I find that cowardly. I find it cowardly,” said Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois during question period.
“We got there, then protested François Legault. That is Québec solidaire’s new way of doing politics. To call the Prime Minister a coward. […] I think there is a young politician in front of us who is doing old politics.
Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois finally retracted.
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Strong discussion on the environment
It was not the first tough exchange of the week between the two parliamentarians.
On Tuesday, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois had actually criticized the Caquist prime minister for being an individual “overwhelmed” by his time and by the environment. The fact is that the supportive MP did not at all like that the Minister of the Environment and the Fight Against Climate Change, Benoit Charette, told The Press that it was impossible to increase the GHG reduction target in Quebec.
“The Minister [Charette] resigned in the face of the climate emergency. Will the Prime Minister ask his Minister of the Environment to resign? asked the deputy for Gouin, in the Blue Room.
Mr. Legault answered him that by asking for the resignation of the minister, the united deputy was doing “past politics”.
“I tell myself that he [François Legault] would like that, to govern Quebec in the 1950s. He would have no problem putting highways everywhere […] with a debate on a tram [et] urban sprawl. The Prime Minister is outdated by science, he is outdated by his time. In fact, Mr. President, the Prime Minister, he is overwhelmed, period,” added GND.
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A baseball team and “bouette” in CHSLDs
Last December, at the end of the parliamentary session, the parliamentary leader of QS protested against the possible public financing of a baseball stadium in Montreal.
“Mr. the President, me, my “steamed”, in baseball, I like it “all-dressed”, ketchup, but no public money”, he had quipped.
“We have before us a party leader who says he wants to become prime minister,” retorted Mr. Legault, probably not appreciating his opponent’s choice of words.
“This morning, the same party leader tells us about “all-dressed” hotdogs, ketchup. Then he wants to become Premier of Quebec,” continued the Premier.
It’s the story of a woke and Duplessis, do you understand…
On September 15, 2021, things were said in the National Assembly.
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In addition to criticizing the prime minister for giving himself the role of “monarch” of Quebec, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois suggested that François Legault was the reincarnation of Maurice Duplessis.
“[Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois] tells us about Maurice Duplessis. He had many faults, but he defended his nation. He was not a woke like the head of Quebec solidaire, ”retorted François Legault.
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In the following days, the Prime Minister offered a definition of the term “woke”, while GND posed with his wok.
− With information from the Parliamentary Bureau
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