Quebec election: Parties resume campaigning today after death of Queen Elizabeth

Sep 9, 2022 | 3:30 AM

MONTREAL — Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault is holding a news conference this morning in Quebec City, a day after he briefly paused his campaign due to the death of Queen Elizabeth.

Legault is speaking to reporters in the riding of Jean-Lesage, held by Québec solidaire but leaning toward the CAQ, according to the polls.

Québec solidaire spokesman Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, meanwhile, will be about 125 kilometres south of Legault, in Trois-Rivières, Que., where he is releasing his party’s costed platform.

Quebec Liberal Party Leader Dominique Anglade is holding a news conference this morning in the Montreal-area Vaudreuil riding, which the Liberals won in 2018 but which polls say is being seriously threatened by the CAQ.

Conservative Party of Quebec Leader Éric Duhaime is at a Ford dealership west of Quebec City, where he will discuss his election promise to remove the Quebec sales tax on some used products such as cars.

Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is in Montreal holding a news conference today about the state of Quebec’s schools.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 9, 2022.

The Canadian Press

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