Site officiel de Québec solidaire. While the 600 delegates did adopt the key provisions of the ON program proposed for adoption, the congress was traversed by an undercurrent of dissent expressed in attempts by delegates to assert control over the party’s 10-member parliamentary caucus and its leadership bodies as well as to reorient the party’s direction on some important questions, in particular with regard to the climate emergency. 2.2K likes. In this context, it is illusory to rely on a Quebec army (an indirect reference to the. In my riding it's Amir Khadr by a wide margin so my vote doesn't matter. The military component would be armed and would intervene in the event of foreign invasion. This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity. •. The party's statutes call for it to be represented by a male and female co-spokesperson, one of whom serves in the dual role of party president. These tasks, issued every two weeks (there are nine so far) include such things as collecting signatures, organizing public meetings, lobbying CAQ deputies, etc. We reserve the right to close comments at any time. Québec solidaire est un parti politique féministe, progressiste, indépendantiste et écologiste. While Québec Solidaire's platform is rather straight-forward and has clear goals, the party has a hard time convincing the population. SOUTENEZ LE MOUVEMENT. However, I believe that the quality of debate within Québec solidaire might benefit if the party’s collectives, and the membership generally, were given an expanded role in contributing to internal debate and decision-making. However, since capitalist politicians fear the adverse political effects of such taxes they are usually kept to ridiculously low amounts and are usually accompanied by provisions to rebate the proceeds, in whole or in part, to lower-income taxpayers. “As history shows, the Canadian state is not going to accept independence through a ‘cold’ process. The goal is to place that adversary in a situation in which it is unable to achieve its objectives and to make our society politically uncontrollable, ideologically unsubdued, economically unworkable. Quebec solidaire's mission to separate Quebec from Canada will have to wait until the next election in 2022, but in the meantime it has launched what it calls "Ultimatum 2020." In its place the adopted resolution, in addition to eliminating the QS program’s rejection of market-based mechanisms, paralleled the federal government’s existing carbon-tax program with rebate of the tax payments to lower-income citizens. What would you do about Montreal's light-rail transit project, the REM? By lowering the price, we want to encourage people to take it more. Québec Solidaire. Richard Fidler is a member of Solidarity Ottawa and a member of Québec solidaire. Comments are welcome while open. "There’s not one proposal that hasn’t been applied in other countries around the world," says Québec Solidaire's co-spokesperson. It is worth noting that these are among the topics scheduled to be addressed in the debates at the conference on “The Great Transition” to be held next May 21-24 in Montréal. Despite the QS ecofiscal commission’s argumentation, there is virtually no evidence that carbon market mechanisms result in any qualitative reduction in carbon emissions. The current model has two big companies controlling the market. While a right-wing coalition won the most votes, the election’s biggest surprise was the unprecedented success of the left-wing, pro-independence party Québec solidaire (Solidarity Québec, QS). Supporters are urged to form or join teams that are to pursue “concrete” tasks assigned by the party.