Doug Ford trades barbs with Parti Québécois leader over sovereignty
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Paul St-Pierre Plamondon criticized Doug Ford, who for the past two days has been urging Quebecers to reject the PQ for the good of Canada.
The leader of the Parti Québécois and Ontario Premier Doug Ford traded barbs Thursday after the latter dipped his toe in Quebec politics for a second straight day repeating that it would be a “disaster” for Canada if the sovereigntist party was elected.
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon criticized Ford, who for the past two days has been urging Quebecers to reject the PQ for the good of Canada.
St-Pierre Plamondon said he expected “fear campaigns” and “defamatory attacks against the party to scare everyone.”
“It’s a bit of a caricatural for the Premier of Ontario … and other premiers to arrive on the Quebec political scene to tell Quebecers how to vote in a climate of panic,” said St-Pierre Plamondon, whose party is riding high in the polls ahead of October’s provincial election.
The issue of unity was central during a meeting of premiers in Ottawa this week, with questions swirling about Quebec and Alberta sovereignty.
Ford stood by comments that he first made Wednesday, when he warned “it’d be a disaster for our country if the separatists got elected. It’s as simple as that. We have to be a united Canada right now.”
Other premiers also weighed in, albeit more diplomatically, stressing unity and partnership.
Ford emphasized Thursday that a unified Canada and Quebec is best for both. Ford said he did not regret using the word “disaster.”
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