The liberal Serge Simard will seek a new mandate

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The liberal mna for Dubuc, Serge Simard, has confirmed its intentions to represent him at a press conference in Saint-Félicien.

Jean Houle

Monday, 19 February 2018 20:39

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The liberal member for Dubuc Serge Simard will seek a new mandate next October.

The man, 67-year-old has confirmed his intentions on Monday during a press in Saint-Félicien, in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, a hundred miles from his constituency.

“I got commitments of the party that are important to my county, he suggested. You’ll learn more in the course of the campaign.”

Elected for the first time in 2008, Mr. Simard was defeated by the pq’s Jean-Marie Claveau in 2012, had to be re-elected in 2014.

The prime minister Philippe Couillard, visiting his constituency, said he was pleased with the decision of the veteran. “It says in each of his speeches that he wants to put bread on the table for families,” smiled the prime minister. It is for this reason that it is in politics.”

Gentlemen Simard and Couillard were flanked by the minister of municipal Affairs, Martin Coiteux, in a regional tour to explain the “strategy of occupation and vitality of the territory.”

Quebec now offers to let the regions to identify their priorities. The government will support by the following.