The comments made by Anne DeBlois are unacceptable and incompatible with liberal values. She will therefore not be a candidate in the 2022 elections for our political party.
writes the director of communications of the liberal leader Dominique Anglade, Jérémy Ghio.
The Party will soon announce a new candidacy to represent the people of Charlesbourg
he adds.
The candidacy of Anne DeBlois was announced last Wednesday.
Very active on social networks, the woman has often tweeted positions diametrically opposed to those of the QLP.
According to La Presse, she described Islam as totalitarian
in 2015, and allegedly accused Prime Minister Trudeau of wanting kill canada
.
In recent years, she has repeatedly come out in favor of a third link between Quebec and Lévis and once morest the tramway project in Quebec. Several of his tweets have been deleted in the past 24 hours.
The former candidate made remarks that were very critical of the Liberal Party of Quebec, in particular.
Photo: Screenshot – Twitter
Anne DeBlois is a former candidate for the Conservative Party of Quebec (PCQ). She ran in 2014 in the riding of Taschereau and in 2018 in the riding of Jean-Lesage, when the party was led by Adrien Pouliot.
“We have to assume”
Reached by phone Friday morning, Anne DeBlois was still shaken by the withdrawal of her candidacy, but believes it was the best thing to do to help the party.
We have to assume the positions that we took when we were younger
she said in a contrite tone.
« I’d rather have someone who hasn’t said these things in the past few years run for me. »
Anne DeBlois does not deny having made controversial remarks in recent years. She claims to have changed her tune on many issues.
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She claims not to have hidden from the PLQ her seven years of activism within the PCQ.
I don’t blame them, they did what they might to make sure my application was good. Me, I did what I might to at least tell them that I came from a very right-wing party
she says.
She had recently been active in a local association in the QLP in Quebec. She says she is still a member of the QLPbut tendered his resignation from the local association.
She does not rule out a return to politics one day.
With the collaboration of Audrey Paris and Marie Maude Pontbriand
