Bernard Drainville showed opportunism by joining the CAQ, believes the member of the Parti québécois (PQ), Joël Arseneau.
The MP for the Îles-de-la-Madeleine also questioned the meaning of Bernard Drainville’s political commitment.
“I think that, for him, it is an opportunity that he sees as being positive on a personal level, just as he saw, on a personal level, a positive opportunity, to become leader of the Parti Québécois and to bring Quebec into to independence,” declared Mr. Arseneau in front of representatives of the press. But I find that the two different moments of his career are rather contradictory in terms of values and beliefs.
Bernard Drainville, 59, resigned from his position as host at 98.5 FM last Thursday evening. He commented on political news on COGECO airwaves since his departure from politics in 2016. The former Radio-Canada journalist sat as PQ member for Marie-Victorin from 2007 to 2016. Minister responsible for Institutions democratic under the Marois government, from 2012 to 2014, he notably piloted the file of the controversial Charter of Quebec values, and had embarked on the race for the succession of Pauline Marois, in 2014, to finally join Pierre Karl Peladeau.
