Quebec election: Liberals say time to review candidates’ safety after violent incidents
Leader of the Quebec Liberal Party Dominique Angela says it’s time to consider safety measures around political candidates.
Her comments come after two recent incidents of violence involving Liberal Party members and recent threats against Conservative volunteers.
On Tuesday night, the equestrian freelance office in Montreal Enrico Ciccon vandalized and robbed, and last week a man phoned the police to tell them he murdered Montreal’s Liberal candidate Marwah Rizqy and to pick up her body.
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Conservative Party leader Eric Duhaime said two party volunteers in separate incidents were recently threatened after they came across people vandalizing election posters.
Anglade says she wants to be reassured that her party can campaign across the province without violence.
Meanwhile, on Day 5 of the election campaign in Quebec, Coalition Leader Avenir Québec François Legault was in Trois-Rivières, Que., for a press conference, and Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon was in Ottawa to discuss how he felt the Legault government’s vision of federalism had failed. .
Québec solidaire spokesman Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois is in New Richmond, Que., today to announce the reduction in dental care costs, while Duhaime is in Montreal for a nursery press conference.
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