From Quebec to Ottawa via Montreal, Granby and Unamen Shipu, politicians – just like our photographers – traveled the province in 2024. Here is the year in photos, between departures, victories and meetings at the top.
Published at 6:00 a.m.
PHOTO PATRICK SANFAÇON, THE PRESS
February 22. The federal Minister of Transport and Justin Trudeau's lieutenant in Quebec, Pablo Rodriguez, criticizes the Legault government's decision to go to the Supreme Court to exclude asylum-seeking children from subsidized daycares. Seven months later, Mr. Rodriguez left the Cabinet to launch the race for leadership of the Liberal Party of Quebec. Since then, he has sat as an independent in Ottawa.
PHOTO JOSIE DESMARAIS, THE PRESS
March 10. Ministers Ian Lafrenière, Kateri Champagne Jourdain and Pierre Fitzgibbon (who resigned a few months later) have a snack in the Unamen Shipu Innu reserve, on the Lower North Shore. They are heavily seducing the First Nations in the hope of obtaining their support to build new dams.
PHOTO DOMINICK GRAVEL, LA PRESSE
March 23. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police carry Brian Mulroney to his final rest, during his state funeral at the Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal. The former Prime Minister of Canada died on February 29 at the age of 84. In the background, we see his daughter, Caroline Mulroney, who recalled how much her father “had Canada in his skin” during the eulogy.
PHOTO EDOUARD PLANTE-FRÉCHETTE, LA PRESS
9 avril. The Press follows the Minister of Education, Bernard Drainville, for a week on all his trips, including to his office, where he reviews files with his team.
PHOTO DOMINICK GRAVEL, LA PRESSE
September 5. After the resignation of CAQ minister Pierre Fitzgibbon, PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon cut short his pre-sessional caucus in Abitibi-Témiscamingue and went to engage in militant activity in the now vacant constituency of Terrebonne. On the right, in the foreground, we also see MP Pascal Paradis.
PHOTO FRANÇOIS ROY, THE PRESS
September 5. Manon Massé takes a selfie with Ruba Ghazal, who will become the co-spokesperson for Québec solidaire, and other elected officials from the party. The scene is captured during the QS pre-sessional caucus in Granby.
PHOTO EDOUARD PLANTE-FRÉCHETTE, LA PRESS
September 15. As part of the official designation of the Bernard-Landry hydroelectric complex, Prime Minister François Legault visits the Cree community of Nemaska to mark the 47e anniversary of his trip. In the foreground is Cree Elder James Wapachee Senior.
PHOTO DOMINICK GRAVEL, LA PRESSE
September 17. The new Bloc Québécois MP Louis-Philippe Sauvé and his leader, Yves-François Blanchet, are all smiles the day after the party's triumph in the by-election in LaSalle-Émard-Verdun, a Liberal stronghold. This is a second defeat in three months for Justin Trudeau's Liberals.
PHOTO DOMINICK GRAVEL, LA PRESSE
September 26. The President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, is in Montreal on an official visit to Canada. “I heard you say something this morning: the French feel rushed by immigration. It’s the same feeling here in Quebec,” Prime Minister François Legault told him.
PHOTO MARCO CAMPANOZZI, LA PRESSE
October 23. During a press briefing at city hall, the mayor of Montreal, Valérie Plante, announced that she will not seek a third mandate during the municipal elections of November 2025. She explains that she feels a certain fatigue after seven years in office. the head of the metropolis.
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