François Carrier, director of CHIP-FM and moderator of the forum, introducing the candidates including Québec solidaire candidate Mike Owen Sebagenzi, incumbent Liberal Party of Quebec MNA André Fortin, Conservative Party of Quebec candidate Terrence Watters, CAQ candidate Corinne Canuel-Jolicœur, and Green Party of Quebec candidate Pierre Cyr.

Candidates take questions at forum

2022-09-13 Liz Draper 182 Views

Brett Thoms
Fort-Coulonge September 6, 2022
The radio station CHIP-FM held a candidates’ forum at the Pontiac Conference Centre in Fort-Coulonge. Five candidates, including Québec solidaire (QS) candidate Mike Owen Sebagenzi, incumbent Liberal Party of Quebec (QLP) MNA André Fortin, Conservative Party of Quebec (CPQ) candidate Terrence Watters, CAQ candidate Corinne Canuel-Jolicœur and Green Party of Quebec (GPQ) candidate Pierre Cyr were present at the bilingual event.
Topics discussed at the forum included the economy, healthcare, education, Bill 96 and more.
Heath care
Starting with healthcare, Fortin highlighted that the lack of nurses in the Outaouais region was a unique problem of the region due to the presence of Ontario across the border. He therefore called for a “made in the Outaouais solution”.
“If you talk to Heritage College’s director, he will tell you that a nurse finishes her program at Heritage and goes . . .

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