Quebec Premier François Legault is calling on the Bloc Québécois to overthrow the Trudeau government next Tuesday and trigger a federal election.
In a short statement Thursday morning in the hallway of the National Assembly, Legault told reporters that he was exasperated by the Trudeau government’s inaction on the issue of temporary immigrants in Quebec.
“In the last two years, the number of temporary immigrants to Quebec has risen from 300,000 to 600,000, an increase of 300,000,” said Legault in French. “This creates serious problems when it comes to providing public services. It also has serious implications for the future of the French language, particularly in Montreal. So, it’s weakening the Quebec nation.”
He told PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon to speak to the leader of his “sister” party in Ottawa, Bloc Québécois’ Yves-François Blanchet, to get him to vote with the Conservative Party of Canada against the Trudeau government – in a vote of confidence scheduled in the Commons next Tuesday.
However, on Wednesday, the Bloc Québécois already said they were going to vote against the Conservatives’ motion.
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said he will put forward a motion for debate on Sept. 24, and specifically challenged NDP leader Jagmeet Singh to back it.
More details to come.
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews