A few days after his criticized publication on the Russian invasion in Ukraine, the leader of the Green Party of Quebec (PVQ), Alex Tyrrell, announced that he will run for Marie-Victorin following the withdrawal of the initial candidate of the gone, Annabelle Bouvette.
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“On March 6, I informed the leader of the Green Party of Quebec that I will no longer be a candidate for the PVQ during the by-election in the riding of Marie-Victorin. I will continue to get involved in the fight against the climate crisis,” the environmental biology student said on her Facebook page on Sunday.
“This decision comes after a weekend marked by a period of intense online criticism of a position I have taken on the current conflict in Ukraine,” Tyrrell added during the announcement. Thursday, in front of the Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke metro station.
True to his words, the man who will be in his eleventh electoral campaign wants to make the conflict in Ukraine one of his main commitments. “The central point of my campaign in this by-election is to avoid a nuclear war with Russia. Nuclear war is currently the greatest threat to the planet, life, environment and human beings,” he said.
In addition to this issue, the leader of the PVQ will put forward the repair of the health system, free public transport, the protection of the western chorus frog and a non-lethal solution to control overpopulation. deer in Michel-Chartrand Park.
Last weekend, Mr. Tyrrell sparked controversy when he said Russia’s demands, which include the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, among other things, “are reasonable demands that [lui] should be accepted.”
A few hours later, he had tried to rectify the shooting in another publication. “To be clear, I condemn the Russian invasion and the violence on both sides of this conflict,” he wrote, adding that he is in favor of negotiations and that he believes that both parties must compromise.
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