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QS uses constituent assembly to avoid talking independence: Labrie

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30 October 2023
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The three candidates for co-spokesperson of Québec solidaire presented their visions during a debate.

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Christine Labrie, Émilise Lessard-Therrien and Ruba Ghazal stand together and smile on a debate stage
Québec solidaire candidates Christine Labrie, from the left, Émilise Lessard-Therrien and Ruba Ghazal stand together at the end of a debate to seek to succeed Manon Massé as co-spokesperson of the party, during a national debate, in Trois-Rivières on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. Photo by Jacques Boissinot /The Canadian Press

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TROIS-RIVIÈRES — Aspiring Québec solidaire co-spokesperson and MNA for Sherbrooke Christine Labrie criticized her own party on independence, saying it was using the constituent assembly — the first step that the party wants to set in motion to achieve independence — as an “escape” from having to decide on its vision of an independent Quebec.

“I find that we have an important work to do to say what form the constituent assembly will take. … At the moment, we have a nice escape, to talk about the constituent assembly, but that should not exempt us from doing our own thinking about what we want in a sovereign Quebec,” she said Sunday in Trois-Rivières, as part of a debate in the race to succeed Manon Massé.

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She was closely followed by her opponent Ruba Ghazal. “If you become a spokesperson, will you talk about it in 2026 and will there be an issue on independence?” she asked Labrie.

After avoiding responding the first time, Christine Labrie finally said, “Of course.”

The member for Sherbrooke is the candidate who places the least emphasis on independence. Questioned during the debate about their priorities, Ghazal and the other opponent, Émilise Lessard-Therrien, both affirmed that the constituent assembly was one of them. However, it was not on Labrie’s list.

“First bill is the constituent assembly because it is a project that takes time,” Ghazal said at the end of the debate, which was attended by around 200 QS activists.

Which electorates to court?

The three candidates wanting to succeed Massé all agree that their party is stagnating in voting intentions. However, they differ on the electorate to be targeted as a priority.

Ghazal, the MNA for Montreal’s Mercier riding, wants to target three categories: “The suburbs, people of my generation, 34-to-55-year-olds … and people from immigrant backgrounds.”

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Lessard-Therrien, the former MNA for Rouyn-Noranda—Témiscamingue, wants her party to be more present in the regions of Quebec.

“If we want to establish our credibility as a political party that aspires to govern, we will have to … look for ridings in rural areas, in more remote regions,” she said.

Lessard-Therrien also said she thinks her party can make gains among baby boomers, who she said are part of a generation with a “very progressive” heritage.

Labrie maintained that many people are cynical and she wants to convince them that QS is doing politics for them.

She said her party must propose more concrete projects and have a more understandable message to be heard by more voters.

“We translated our platform into several Indigenous languages. It was a very good initiative, but half of the population is functionally illiterate and we have not made the effort until now to translate our social project for them,” she said.

Labrie has four supporters within the QS caucus: Alexandre Leduc, Haroun Bouazzi, Étienne Grandmont and Guillaume Cliche-Rivard.

MNAs Sol Zanetti and Andrés Fontecilla chose Ghazal as their candidate.

Lessard-Therrien has the support Rosemont MNA Vincent Marissal.

Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois and Massé chose to remain neutral in the race, as did party whip Alejandra Zaga Mendez.

The new QS spokesperson will be elected at the party congress Nov. 24 to 26.

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