La Pocati\u00e8re<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe PQ leader also suggested co-ordination between CAQ Leader Christine Fr\u00e9chette\u2019s campaign and Prime Minister Mark Carney\u2019s government on the issue of the tariff war between Canada and the United States as another example.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe federal government and the CAQ are collaborating,\u201d he said. \u201cWe cannot deny that the federal government is interested in the outcome of the Quebec election.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said the federal Liberal party doesn\u2019t want a sovereigntist government taking shape, but the PQ has been leading in the polls. He said \u201cyou have to connect the dots\u201d when you see the federal government taking sudden interest in files that have stagnated for years.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am worried, and I have the right to voice that worry,\u201d said St-Pierre Plamondon.<\/p>\n
Fr\u00e9chette, Carney deny allegations<\/p>\n
But the CAQ leader and province\u2019s premier isn\u2019t hearing it.<\/p>\n
\u201cAbsolutely not,\u201d Fr\u00e9chette retorted when asked about possible interference from Ottawa in the campaign. She said the announcements over recent weeks are good for Quebec and would not have occurred under a Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois government.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is essential to have partnerships with the federal government when it is good for Quebec, and then to stand our ground when necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Coalition Avenir Qu\u00e9bec Leader Christine Fr\u00e9chette responds to questions during a campaign stop outside a school in Gatineau, on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (Adrian Wyld\/The Canadian Press)<\/p>\n
Repeating a phrase she has used several times before, she said, \u201cI don\u2019t work for Ottawa. I don\u2019t work against Ottawa. I work for Quebec.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a statement that Canada’s new government “will always be ready to work with all premiers, across party lines, to build a stronger economy, protect our workers and businesses, and make life more affordable.”<\/p>\n
The federal government does not interfere in provincial elections, and will work with Quebec’s government to achieve its goals no matter who wins on Oct. 5, the statement says.<\/p>\n
While the PQ has asked \u00c9lections Qu\u00e9bec to investigate, the province\u2019s Liberal Leader Charles Milliard accused St-Pierre Plamondon of seeing a conspiracy.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I don\u2019t think there is a grand scheme behind all of this. In any case, no matter how many consultants the CAQ buys, they aren\u2019t federalists. They are opportunists,\u201d Milliard said.<\/p>\n
Group’s involvement challenged <\/p>\n
St-Pierre Plamondon also called attention to alleged ties between the CAQ campaign and Mission Leadership Qu\u00e9bec.<\/p>\n
The group describes itself as a non-profit organization whose objective is to promote citizen participation, democratic dialogue and political awareness. It promotes itself as a non-partisan group that advocates for strengthening Quebec’s place within the Canadian federation.<\/p>\n
St-Pierre Plamondon described the group as a covert organization hijacked by figures linked to the federal Liberal Party. As proof, he cited a recent Journal de Montr\u00e9al<\/a> report stating that Mission Leadership Qu\u00e9bec, which advocates for Canadian unity, received contracts to run campaign events for Fr\u00e9chette\u2019s team.<\/p>\nThe PQ asked Quebec\u2019s chief electoral officer on Friday to investigate allegations of interference and illegal contributions by the group to benefit the CAQ campaign.<\/p>\n
Asked Friday about her party\u2019s ties to Mission Leadership Qu\u00e9bec, Fr\u00e9chette brushed off concerns, saying she doesn\u2019t analyze how every group or company her party deals with runs its operations.<\/p>\n
She said the CAQ has a contract with Mission Leadership Qu\u00e9bec to organize two town halls and \u201cthat\u2019s it. We don\u2019t go beyond that.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1044347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[2147,50],"class_list":["post-1044346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-canada","tag-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117216817224014821","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1044346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1044347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1044346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1044346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1044346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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