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Quebec parties target health care, affordability as election nears
Parties are focusing on daycare, health care and spending as leaders trade accusations over referendum plans and promise billions in new measures.
- On Saturday, one month before the Oct. 5 election, Coalition Avenir Québec Leader Christine Frechette and Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon campaigned on health care, spending, and daycare while debating Quebec independence.
- Frechette pledged 25,000 reduced-fee daycare spaces for $750 million over four years, but Liberal Leader Charles Milliard accused her of misleading voters, noting only 5,000 spaces are entirely new.
- Conservative Leader Éric Duhaime promised a digital plan saving $3.45 billion over five years, while Québec Solidaire spokesperson Ruba Ghazal proposed 400 primary-care access points at $1.8 billion annually to relieve emergency rooms.
- St-Pierre Plamondon proposed freezing salaries for MNAs and Crown corporation heads until a balanced budget, while defending his use of 'popular consultation' and 'referendum' interchangeably against Frechette's accusations.
- Frechette argued this is the worst time for a referendum, accusing rivals of ignoring President Donald Trump's tariffs on Quebec's main trading partner during the campaign.
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Health care, affordability top of mind for Quebec party leaders
The leaders also sparred over the prospect of another referendum on Quebec independence. Fréchette claimed St-Pierre Plamondon avoided the word "referendum" at a major PQ campaign rally in Quebec City on Friday night.
·Ottawa, Canada
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Quebec parties target health care, affordability as election nears
MONTREAL - With one month to go before Quebec's provincial election, parties are pitching voters on health care, government spending and daycare, while their leaders are also debating the prospect
·Toronto, Canada
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Leaning Left6Leaning Right0Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution67% Left
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- 67% of the sources lean Left
67% Left
L 67%
C 33%
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