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With hours left in Quebec\u2019s provincial election campaign, Coalition Avenir Qu\u00e9bec Leader Christine Fr\u00e9chette acknowledged Sunday that there are things she would have done differently.<\/p>\n
During a stop in Shawinigan, Fr\u00e9chette said she was proud of the campaign she had run, but said she should have put a greater emphasis on the consequences of the referendum on sovereignty promised by Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon.<\/p>\n
Fr\u00e9chette argued the prospect of a referendum would create uncertainty for Quebec\u2019s economy almost immediately after the election if the PQ forms government, even though the PQ leader has pledged to delay a referendum, if he forms a government, until after U.S. President Donald Trump leaves the White House in 2029.<\/p>\n
“It’s important for people to realize this, because it’s not just a decision that could affect Quebec in three years,” she said. “There will be impacts, because uncertainty will become part of Quebec\u2019s political and economic calendar.”<\/p>\n
She rejected St-Pierre Plamondon\u2019s previous accusation that the CAQ was engaging in a fear campaign by raising the possible economic consequences of another referendum.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But the referendum was not the only thing Fr\u00e9chette said she would handle differently.<\/p>\n
She said her team may have spent too much time detailing their party’s promises, and not enough time laying out the broader differences between the CAQ and its opponents.<\/p>\n
Fr\u00e9chette also said she would have emphasized the party\u2019s economic record and experience in government earlier in the campaign, and acknowledged she was sometimes too reactive when she came under attack during the leaders\u2019 debates.<\/p>\n
Her reflections came as the CAQ entered the final hours of a campaign that could put an end to the party’s eight years in power after winning two consecutive majority governments under former premier Fran\u00e7ois Legault.<\/p>\n
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