Legault refuses to speak to media at CAQ leadership convention, boasts about nationalist credentials
CTV
Premier Francois Legault sees his government as a bulwark against radical elements in society, including all those who oppose health measures and vaccination against COVID-19.
In a strongly nationalist speech delivered Sunday morning to his party's youth wing, which was meeting at a convention in Quebec City over the weekend, Legault stressed the importance of avoiding divisions and showing social cohesion in times of pandemic.
After his speech, during which he did not refer to the crisis that is currently shaking many hospital emergency rooms, forced to close their doors due to lack of staff, he answered questions from some young CAQ members, but he refused, both before and after the event, to speak to media representatives who were covering the convention.
The day before, Minister of Health Christian Dubé was also present at the Young CAQ convention to give a speech, but he did the same thing, avoiding any questions from the journalists present.
"This is not the time in Quebec to divide. It's time to defend our social cohesion," the premier said during his speech, after taking his seat in the nave of the old church in lower Quebec City where young activists had come to hear him.
