Quebec Liberals say PQ off to bad start, warns minority government to get its act together

This is a new start for the Liberal Party of Quebec. The official opposition at the National Assembly says the PQ government is off to a bad start. The Liberal Party sees it as an opportunity to be considered as the government in waiting. This is a minority government after all. The Liberals say Quebecers are fed up already. This is not what they thought would happen. May I remind you that this government was elected by 28% of Quebecers and more than 70% of Quebecers do not want a referendum. So they certainly do not want... An argument with the federal twice a day, that's the issue. The Parti Québécois government has had a difficult few weeks. There have been tensions between Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon and Prime Minister Mark Carney, as well as confusion and mixed messages on some promises. For example, on the PQ's key promise to abolish Santé Québec. We're now talking about a transformation of Santé Québec, it's already in the PQ's speech. Laflamme also said that there are some good things the Crown Corporation does, but it needs to decentralize its operations. Later, the minister tried to set the record straight that her government will still abolish Santé Québec. Nothing has changed. The Liberal leader said he would oppose the PQ's future bill to ban primary school students from wearing religious symbols. Because we're talking about children, I'm not going to do politics on the back of children. The minister responsible for secularism, Marie-Claude Sarrazin, accused him of petty politics. I think that we're pretty open to people at the Parti Libéral du Québec. That's exactly how Nada Boumefta feels. And today, Maurice Richard spoke. And the red flag is coming! She became a sensation on social media on election night. I laughed a lot about all the... The fun that they made about it, people learned my speech. It's crazy, I didn't even write it. So, the party also won counts that we thought were blue, and today, red. But she has no regrets at all, at all. I totally assume the position that I took, the way that I am, not was, I am, and that I'm projecting too. I'm projecting all the energy of many, many other voices. I'm the resonance. Of those voices, I'm not the only one, and I'm not alone. As the Liberal critic for youth, the fight against racism and discrimination toward LGBTQ+, she says she'll take advantage of her new popularity. I really hope to take that exposure to bring light in the files that I have to fight for. It's bringing me more fire and boosts me for what's coming next. What's coming next for the Quebec Liberal Party leader is a major test. Quebecers will see him performing for the first time at the National Assembly when the legislative session starts in December. Charmelia hopes they'll appreciate, above all, his strong sense of public duty.