Fréchette and Drainville take questions from young CAQ members

Fréchette and Drainville take questions from young CAQ members

March 1, 2026 5:57 pm EST.

Coalition Avenir Québec leadership candidates Christine Fréchette and Bernard Drainville took questions for more than an hour from young party members in a virtual assembly Saturday—their first joint event of the campaign.

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