Bulletins of the week at the National Assembly: GND forces Legault to adjust his focus on his indirect support for Poilievre’s conservatives

Here are the elected officials or political party leaders who stood out for the right or wrong reasons over the past week.

Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, QS

François Legault indirectly favored Pierre Poilievre in his outing last week by calling on the Bloc to bring down Justin Trudeau. Solidarity was responsible for exposing certain risks for the PM of colluding with the conservatives, and it forced him to finally adjust his approach.

Ian Lafrenière, CAQ

Hydro customers must pay their bill and be treated fairly. He was a little too gentle on sensitivities when he learned that Native people were making fun of their arrears. “It’s not a good way to put pressure, to say: “I’m not paying my bills”, I don’t agree with that.”

Louis Lemieux, CAQ

In a debate on Northvolt at the Salon Rouge, the ex-journalist criticized the media: “I see more chronicles than journalism in our newspapers and television media.” Other CAQ elected officials applauded. But this statement is simply false. Thank you, good evening…

Marwah Rizqy, PLQ

It is probably thanks to his pressure that Northvolt conceded this week that it could free up part of its block of precious megawatts for other companies, by the time its factory starts up. She acts as the watchdog that Quebecers need, in this important and foggy issue.

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Benoit’s happiest day

Questioned by Virginie Dufour, Minister Benoit Charette thought he was dreaming on Thursday. For once, the liberal accused her ministry of excess zeal. “I could quote the colleague several times where she criticizes me for not doing enough regarding the environment. So, it’s a big day,” he said, provoking laughter.

Attention Simon…

Government leader Simon Jolin-Barrette came close to falling apart on Wednesday, when he was going to sit in limbo. He had moved his chair aside to make a point of order, and to point out that Marwah Rizqy’s comments were… hurtful!