Insults fly between Legault and Couillard on Day 18 of Quebec campaign
MONTREAL — Insults flew between candidates on the Quebec campaign trail Sunday as verbal sparring between Francois Legault and Philippe Couillard overshadowed announcements on health care, culture and environmental protection.
Liberal Leader Couillard accused the Coalition Avenir Quebec leader of having created a financial plan based “hypothesis” rather than fact, while Legault shot back by comparing Couillard to Santa Claus and said his policies resembled those of left-wing Quebec solidaire.
The exchange began with Couillard criticizing Legault’s financial plan, which promises to boost health and education spending without raising taxes beyond the level of inflation.
“When there are commitments that literally disappear from the financial framework, that are massively underestimated, we’re beyond hypothesis, we are in error,” Couillard said in Trois-Rivieres, halfway between Montreal and Quebec City.