US EditionDrainville Launches Bid to Replace Legault as CAQ Leader
Bernard Drainville aims to restore a nationalist focus and proposes conditional immigrant workers' rights while reviving the third link project, backed by nine MNAs so far.
- On Sunday morning, Bernard Drainville launched his campaign in Lévis to succeed François Legault as leader of the governing Coalition Avenir Québec, where he has served since 2022.
- Bernard Drainville says he entered the race because Quebec "needs a nationalist voice" and acknowledges Coalition Avenir Québec has lost Quebecers' confidence in recent years.
- Outlining his platform, Drainville proposed giving immigrant workers acquired rights if they have lived in Quebec two years, speak intermediate French, and work in priority sectors like health or construction.
- Endorsements show a split: Fréchette has support from nearly half the cabinet, while Drainville is backed by one cabinet minister and eight MNAs, and Régine Laurent resigned after endorsing him.
- Reviving a past proposal, Drainville doubles down on the controversial third link between Quebec City and Lévis and aims to support the economy and middle‑class families.
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CAQ leadership: Bernard Drainville holds first official campaign event
Bernard Drainville is officially in the running to succeed François Legault as leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ). The former environment minister launched his campaign for the party leadership on Sunday morning. He chose a restaurant in the riding of Lévis, where he has been the member of parliament since the 2022 election, to […]
If he is elected chief and becomes prime minister, he intends to give an acquired right to immigrant workers.
Bernard Drainville is officially on the starting line to become François Legault's successor at the head of the Coalition futur Québec (CAQ).
CAQ leadership race: Family and immigration are at the centre of the themes that Bernard Drainville wants to talk to activists about.
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