Quebec Election Day 13: PQ leader supports candidate that was in adult production

Parti Québécois (PQ) leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says he’s supporting the PQ candidate in Laval-des-Rapides – who acted in a pornographic production.

Andréanne Fiola confirmed that she participated in a film of a dozen minutes that was posted on the site PornHub.

In a tweet Friday morning, St-Pierre Plamondon offered his “full support” to her.

“She is a committed and brilliant young woman, who is raising awareness of independence and environmental causes to hundreds of thousands of people. Keep up the good work Andréanne,” he said.

Je tiens à offrir mon appui entier à notre candidate dans Laval-des-Rapides, Andréanne Fiola. C'est une jeune femme engagée et brillante, qui sensibilise des 100e de milliers de personnes aux causes de l’indépendance et de l’environnement. Continue ton excellent travail Andréanne

— Paul St-Pierre Plamondon (@PaulPlamondon) September 9, 2022

“These actions were done without showing my face in order to preserve my anonymity,” she said.

“While I fully assume my actions and choices, the content was removed at my request a while ago as I no longer want to expose my privacy in this way. I’m sorry for the consequences on those around me and I would never make this type of choice again,” she added.

At a press conference in Montreal on investments for schools, St-Pierre Plamondon reiterated his support: “We have evaluated her candidacy. We see that she’s a brilliant person who gives time for issues such as global warming, who has a master in environment. We think that we should evaluate the value of her person and her candidacy based on every aspect of her candidacy. And not to limit our evaluation to one fact from her past. We have made that decision, and we stand by it and we stand by her candidacy. We support. She has her full support.”

On the campaign trail, the PQ leader promising to increase investments to renovate schools by $575 million a year – and to accelerate the work.

St-Pierre Plamondon announced that he wants to inject an additional $2.3 billion into the budget for school renovations over the next four years. The Quebec infrastructure plan currently provides $21.1 billion.

“It’s not normal that places that are so meaningful to children – and to teaching and support staff – are so unsafe and, in some cases, so unhealthy. How can we expect to value public schools in such a context?” said St-Pierre Plamondon in a statement.

He also said playgrounds would benefit from these new investments.

The PQ is also committed to carrying out the renovation work over a period of four years rather than ten years. Schools will now be given priority, the PQ promises.

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Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault is promising to increase immigration to Quebec City as part of a plan to turn the provincial capital into Quebec’s “second metropolis.”

Legault resumed campaigning on Friday after he briefly paused his campaign due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday.

He said if the CAQ is re-elected, it will work with local businesses to increase the percentage of immigrants who settle in the region and will support a tramway project that the Conservatives oppose.

Legault has also promised to build a tunnel connecting Quebec City to the south side of the St. Lawrence River, but feasibility studies remain ongoing.

The CAQ is being challenged in the Quebec City region by the Conservative Party of Quebec, which is polling second in the area.

Quebec Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade announced her party’s plan to improve access to health care in the Montreal-area Vaudreuil riding, which the Liberals won in 2018 – but which polls suggest is being seriously threatened by the CAQ.

She promises that if elected, the Liberals will implement their “Health Access plan,” and “turn things around” with: a family doctor for all, a big catch up in surgeries, an operation to boost the health workforce, and adding 4,000 beds.

Avec @francoislegault, tous les indicateurs sont au rouge en santé.

Avec notre équipe et notre plan Accès Santé, on va redresser la situation.

✅ Médecin de famille pour tous
✅ Grand rattrapage en matière de chirurgies
✅ Opération main-d’œuvre
✅ Ajout de 4 000 lits#Qc2022 pic.twitter.com/9TrnX4zpik

— Dominique Anglade (@DomAnglade) September 9, 2022

Québec solidaire spokesman Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois was in Trois-Rivières, where he released his party’s financial platform: ‘Rigor and ambition.’

“We will give ourselves the means to support the middle class in the face of inflation, to resolve the labour shortage in health and education and to invest in intergenerational solidarity. Instead of increasing every year, tuition fees should be lowered. Let’s move towards free education, it’s a societal choice,” the party explained on Twitter.

@GNadeauDubois était à Trois-Rivières ce matin pour présenter le cadre financier de Québec solidaire, « Rigueur et ambition ».#PolQc #qc2022 pic.twitter.com/4GUCVLoIif

— Québec solidaire (@QuebecSolidaire) September 9, 2022

Conservative Party of Quebec Leader Éric Duhaime was at an automobile dealership west of Quebec City, where he discussed his election promise to abolish the QST on some used goods, including cars. He estimates that the measure would cost the government approximately $350 million per year.

https://twitter.com/E_Duhaime/status/1568262048295059456