US EditionPQ leader defends Arthabaska byelection candidate’s activist past
- Alex Boissonneault, a 46-year-old former Radio-Canada journalist, was announced as Parti Québécois candidate for the Arthabaska byelection on May 14, 2025, in St-Ferdinand, Quebec.
- Boissonneault faces criticism for a 2001 arrest in Quebec City related to a group that planned to breach security at the Summit of the Americas, which led to 41 days in pretrial detention and community service.
- As the contest in the riding heats up, the Parti Québécois has come to Boissonneault’s defense, while Eric Duhaime, leader of the Conservative Party and a candidate in the race, has criticized Boissonneault for his controversial past.
- Boissonneault conveyed remorse about his youthful actions, advising his younger self to avoid those mistakes, and expressed confidence that his reputation will overcome past issues. Meanwhile, PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon acknowledged the seriousness of the candidate’s past arrest but emphasized it was a regrettable mistake of youth and expressed full trust in him.
- The byelection will fill a seat vacated in March by Éric Lefebvre, and multiple parties expect a close race as Premier François Legault has months to call the vote in the riding northeast of Montreal.
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PQ defends candidate in hotly contested Arthabaska riding over leftist past, arrest
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·Winnipeg, Canada
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PQ leader defends Arthabaska byelection candidate’s activist past
Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre-Plamondon is defending his candidate in Arthabaska, journalist Alex Boissonneault, after a salvo of attacks from Conservative Leader Éric Duhaime concerning his activist past.
·Canada
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Eric Duhaime denounces his "criminal past" – Paul St-Pierre Plamondon defends his candidate in Arthabaska
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon defends his candidate-vedette in Arthabaska, former journalist Alex Boissonneault, who was part of a group of young radical activists in the early 2000s. He is "a youth error," says the leader.
·Montreal, Canada
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