Jean-François Lisée evokes a ” territory of the Parti québécois are not granted “

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Arnaud Koenig-Soutière

Sunday, 10 December 2017 21:37

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The leader of the Parti québécois (PQ) Jean-François Lisée has qualified the riding of Gouin in “territory not ceded,” by his party by presenting a candidate who will defend the colors pq members in the next election. These remarks have created a certain uneasiness, especially with the current mp location of Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois.

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“We are here in a territory of the Parti Québécois not give in “, dropped Mr. Lisée, yesterday, when he presented the social entrepreneur Olivier Gignac as a candidate in Gouin.

“It is very awkward as formulation. When we are talking about territory not ceded, usually, we speak of genocide indigenous, that indigenous people have been driven out of their ancestral lands. Be humorous with it, I think it’s special, ” responded the co-spokesperson of Québec Solidaire, when made aware of the statements of Mr. Lisée by The Newspaper.

“And second, the counties do not belong to anyone. They belong to people who live there and the people will vote in 2018 depending on the best candidate, ” added the former student leader.

A heavy task

These remarks have overshadowed the presentation of the social entrepreneur Olivier Gignac as a candidate of the Parti québécois in the riding of Gouin in the next provincial election. It will, therefore, have the loure task of rubbing up against Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois in October 2018.

The young member of parliament for solidarity, elected at a by-election last may, had collected an overwhelming majority of over 69%. The PQ was preferred not to present a candidate, in the hope of coming to a reconciliation with the political formation of the left.

32-years-old, Olivier Gignac holds a bachelor’s degree in communication and a master’s degree in administration. He is currently the chairman of the board of directors of Magneto and has collaborated in the Construction of the social economy, one can read its page on Facebook.

Delivering a speech in order to present the inauguration of its candidate, Jean-François Lisée took the opportunity to shoot some arrows at the place of Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois.

“Gabriel has not delivered the goods. It has failed to deliver on its greatest promise, that is to say, to unite the forces of separatists “, has launched Mr. Lisée.

The main interested party has responded to his counterpart of the parti québecois, a few minutes after the members Option national have approved the merger with QS.

“I think that Mr. Lisée is confused, because the merger with national Option worked. That was my commitment when I started in politics : to make a reconciliation between the two parties that were clearly pro-independence and progressive in Quebec “, he retorted.

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