Some provocative tweets from Quebec’s Parti Quebecois are generating attention in this province.
Opposition PQ MLA Sylvain Gaudrealt introduced Bill 391, which would grant Quebec “exceptional power” in the Quebec National Assembly this week. The bill was passed on the same day that Ottawa threatened to take unilateral action on the protection of endangered woodland caribou.
Au nom du #PQ, @SylvainGaudrea2 a fait adopter le principe de souveraineté environnementale, stipulant que seules les lois du Québec devraient s’appliquer sur le territoire du Québec. ??
L’#Assnat envoie ainsi un message clair au Canada: notre territoire, nos lois. #Polqc pic.twitter.com/JpnFXt7Uci
— Parti Québécois (@partiquebecois) April 13, 2022
The poaching of caribou by hunters crossing the Quebec border into Labrador has been a problem in this province for years.
The size of caribou herds in Labrador has diminished dramatically in recent years, with caribou populations in southern Labrador dropping to such a degree that there are fears they could die out completely.
The PQ has never accepted the decision of the 1927 Privy Council which set the Labrador border that we know today. The Parti Quebecois has drawn the ire of Labradorians and others in this province by once again publishing the Quebec map including Labrador with no border while advocating environmental protection.
It caught the attention of Labrador MP Yvonne Jones and MHA Jordan Brown among others.
This needs to be corrected – your information is false-my riding of Labrador is in the province of NL not Quebec. These regulations do not apply to Labrador- Please Re-adjust your map!! @partiquebecois @SylvainGaudrea2 #polqc @nlpoli @CBCLabrador @CBCQuebec https://t.co/G1Bucy69Dx
— Yvonne Jones (@YvonneJJones) April 13, 2022
Ok PQ we need to have a chat,
as a Labradorian who lives #Labrador and it’s current borders, Quebec has theirs, and as a political party based on Quebec sovereignty, respect the sovereignty of us Labradorians
The joke has gone on long enough, https://t.co/sF8fnuihgo— Jordan Brown (@JordanLabCity) April 13, 2022
The PQ has been struggling politically in recent years. The sovereigntist party lost a key seat to the governing Coalition Avenir du Quebec (CAQ) in a byelection this week that is seen as a bellwether for the upcoming provincial general election in October.
