Perez tries again to be speaking for the people
Lionel Perez has tried this on before, but his party’s new report on the state of play says the Plante administration governs for its supporters, not for “the people”.
This is how populism works: you claim to be representing “le gros bon sens” of the people – even if they didn’t vote for you. Perez is trying to illegitimize Projet even though its principles won out fair and square over the Coderre approach in 2017, and he can say anything he likes about what the silent majority wants, because when the time came, they didn’t vote for his party, and for the most part didn’t vote at all. The only good thing is that Perez is going to lose this game, because you don’t get anywhere blandishing support from people so apathetic they can’t vote once every four years.
Perez is also claiming that his is the party of the environment, while not contributing anything of substance. It’s just a ploy to try to win back ground from Projet mid-term, and it’s not working.
Martin 10:27 on 2019-06-21 Permalink
It’s very hard to take Lionel Perez seriously because he plays the role of opposition in a very dogmatic way. He always seems to oppose for the sake of opposing, as if that was an end in itself instead of a means to improve the governance of the city.
david100 12:31 on 2019-06-21 Permalink
I’m gravely displeased with PM on a number of files, but even for me it would take an extraordinary event – complete psychological breakdown, Manchurian Candidate-style brainwashing, a full frontal lobotomy, etc. – before I would ever believe Lionel Perez represents the people. The guy is shrill opportunism in corporeal form.