Quebec’s dance of journalists and politicians
Quebec continues with its dance of journalists and politicians as Luc Ferrandez takes over the microphone at 98,5 to replace Bernard Drainville, who’s been a journo, a PQ politician, a journo again, and is going back into politics with the CAQ this time.
This follows the entry into politics of Martine Biron, who’s done a 180° about Quebec City’s troisième lien, switching from criticizing it as a journalist commentator, to entirely buying into the CAQ line that it’s exactly what the vielle capitale needs.
La Presse’s Paul Journet says the CAQ is a very wide party containing a lot of people with differing views on many things, as more people climb aboard with the ambition of getting into office, and even Papa Legault may have trouble enforcing party discipline.
Blork 13:31 on 2022-08-12 Permalink
Wow, the lengths people go to in order to secure a good pension.
J 09:28 on 2022-08-13 Permalink
I wouldn’t characterize the elected official’s pension plan as a ‘good pension’.
Bryan 14:16 on 2022-08-13 Permalink
Agreed, J. I have to imagine there are a wide variety of other jobs in the public sector that come with comparable DB pensions and take far fewer years off your life than serving as an MNA/MP.