Trump Shooting: Legault Rectifies Remarks That Quebec Has No Political Violence

Published on July 15, 2024

Premier François Legault is clarifying remarks he made earlier in the day when he said Quebec didn’t face political violence similar to the attempted assassination over the weekend of former president Donald Trump. Mr. Legault’s comments had the leader of the Parti Québécois inviting the premier to brush up on his history. Paul St-Pierre Plamondon noted that PQ leaders have twice been the targets of attacks—in 1984 and most recently during the 2012 provincial election night. Speaking to reporters at the Council of the Federation meeting in Halifax, Mr. Legault said what happened over the weekend is worrying for democracy in the U.S., but that kind of violence against politicians “doesn’t happen in Quebec.”...

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