Elected officials from the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) are considering leaving the social network X, owned by businessman Elon Musk. The Prime Minister, François Legault, is considering this subject.
“I feel uneasy, indeed,” said the Minister of Cybersecurity and Digital Affairs, Éric Caire, also pointing to Meta’s decision to cease its fact-checking program in the United States.
Christian Dubé, one of the rare ministers to have opened an account on the Bluesky platform – claimed as an alternative to “We have chosen to do both for the moment, but my objective is to go only to Bluesky at a given moment,” he said upon his arrival at the CAQ caucus, held in Saint-Sauveur.
He said he was uncomfortable with the level of aggressiveness of X users, but wanted to continue to reach out to the Quebec population as much as possible.
His colleague Mathieu Lacombe, Minister of Culture and Communications, said he “asked the question, I am sure that my colleagues did too”. But “before making a unilateral or, let’s say more formal, gesture like government, I think we need to think about it carefully because the people are still there, the media are there. There are many large organizations that decide to stay there,” he adds.
The Prime Minister’s Office issued a statement saying it intends to “adjust” as Bluesky evolves. “The important thing is to be active where we can reach as many people as possible,” underlined those around Mr. Legault. The evening of the induction of the 47e American president, it is also on X that the Prime Minister of Quebec reacted to Donald Trump’s desire to impose customs tariffs of 25% on Canadian products.
-No watchword
Reflection, if it does indeed take place, is not at the heart of the Legault government’s concerns. “No, there was no slogan. No one spoke to me about it,” declared MP Mario Asselin. “I don’t think [qu’il y a eu une réflexion au sujet de X]. There was no question of that [au caucus]really not,” he added. Himself present on
The Parti Québécois stood aside, saying it had no thoughts about the possibility of leaving X or Meta’s social networks, such as Facebook and Instagram. “No, that’s not on the table right now. At this time, we have no discussions of leaving X or Meta. On the other hand, we are following very closely the policies that these companies will take in relation to the Trump administration,” declared chef Paul Saint-Pierre Plamondon.
After affirming Tuesday that platform. Ideally, this would require “a forum that can make us as effective in communicating with you [les médias] and with the population,” he said.
Various media like The Guardian, The World et Liberation chose to leave The World. Various elected officials, first and foremost the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, have left the platform since its purchase by Elon Musk in April 2022. Remember that in Canada, Meta has blocked journalistic content on Instagram and Facebook since August 2023.
With Isabelle Porter and François Carabin
