“Decline” of Quebec | St-Pierre Plamondon recalls the “deportations” and “executions”

(Quebec) To those who doubt that Ottawa is “openly and explicitly planning” the decline of Quebec, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon recalls as proof “the work” of Pierre Elliott Trudeau as well as “the deportations, the executions and the ban to have an education in French.

“I connect what I describe as a charge against Quebec with the long history of Quebec in Canada, and the sad history of Francophones and indigenous peoples in this colonial regime. All this is in continuity,” said the PQ leader on Tuesday.

Accused by his adversaries from the Liberal Party and Quebec Solidaire of carrying out a fear campaign, Mr. St-Pierre Plamondon replies that he is only stating facts.

In a speech to his activists on Sunday, he affirmed that his real adversary “is the federal political regime which now openly and explicitly plans our decline”, and that this regime “only knows how to crush those who refuse to assimilate “. He affirms that Quebecers will have one last chance to achieve independence by 2030, otherwise they risk “disappearance”.

Mr. St-Pierre Plamondon believes that “naming this reality is not playing into fear, it is being transparent and not giving in to fear.”

The work of Pierre Elliott Trudeau

“Justin Trudeau is in continuity with his father, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, so I am always surprised when news commentators hear that there is no intention behind that,” he added .

Those who make this error forget “recent history such as the unilateral patriation of the Canadian Constitution without Quebec”, they forget “the work of Pierre Elliott Trudeau”, and they forget “what French-speakers experienced in the deportations, the executions, the ban on having education in French”.

Criticized by the other sovereignist party

The other sovereignist leader in the National Assembly warned Mr. Plamondon against using the strategy of “fear”. “A speech like this can alienate many young people from the independence project. When it comes to independence, I think that to build a country, I think that hope is more fruitful than resentment,” he retorted.

“Resentment, fear, catastrophism, I don’t think that’s how we’re going to reach young people, and that’s one of our main challenges as independentists, reaching young people,” said the MP for Gouin. .

Mr. Nadeau-Dubois himself used the slogan of the last chance election in 2022, to talk about the climate emergency. He has therefore already used the “catastrophist” strategy.

“That’s true, and it didn’t work very well,” he admitted. “I learned from that.”

Radical

For his part, the interim leader of the Liberal Party, Marc Tanguay, described the PQ leader as “radical” who is “disconnected from reality”, while he is not “demonstrating” that the federal government is “planning our decline.”

Mr. Tanguay also notes that in this campaign of “fear”, François Legault is the objective ally of Paul St-Pierre Plamondon. By speaking of the “Louisianization of Quebec,” and by making other “exaggerations” of the kind, the Prime Minister “sowed the seeds” of the PQ leader’s exit.

He now fears an identity escalation between the CAQ and the PQ.

For his part, CAQ parliamentary leader Simon Jolin-Barrette opposed the vision of the CAQ to that of the Parti Québécois, which is “waiting for the big night” rather than acting.

Is the French fact threatened in Quebec? “We are aware of the risks. But we are acting,” he replied, listing the adoption of Bill 96, Jean-François Roberge’s plan on the French language and the fact that his government “is currently negotiating with Mr. Trudeau’s government.” , to make gains in immigration.