A member of the Coalition Avenir Qu\u00e9bec recently booted from cabinet has resigned from the party and says she no longer has faith in Premier Fran\u00e7ois Legault. Ma\u00eft\u00e9 Blanchette V\u00e9zina says she will sit as an Independent and says Legault should reconsider his future as leader of the CAQ, adding that his policies have neglected Quebec’s regions. Her departure is the latest controversy to hit Legault and his party, both of which are deeply unpopular with electors one year away from the provincial election. Blanchette V\u00e9zina was elected in 2022 in the riding of Rimouski and was the natural resources and forestry minister until eight days ago. She had struggled steering a bill to protect the forestry industry but which triggered blockades from Indigenous people who said the legislation threatened… <\/p>\n
A member of the Coalition Avenir Qu\u00e9bec recently booted from cabinet has resigned from the party and says she no longer has faith in Premier Fran\u00e7ois Legault. Ma\u00eft\u00e9 Blanchette V\u00e9zina says she will sit as an Independent and says Legault should reconsider his future as leader of the CAQ, adding that his policies have neglected Quebec’s regions. Her departure is the latest controversy to hit Legault and his party, both of which are deeply unpopular with electors one year away from the provincial election. Blanchette V\u00e9zina was elected in 2022 in the riding of Rimouski and was the natural resources and forestry minister until eight days ago. She had struggled steering a bill to protect the forestry industry but which triggered blockades from Indigenous people who said the legislation threatened... <\/p>\n