The Minister of Economy and Innovation, Pierre Fitzgibbon, once again faced ethical criticism from the opposition for having dinner in May with lobbyist Luc Laperrière.
This dinner took place on the night of May 4, shortly after the announcement of a $ 98 million Quebec government investment in Polycor, according to first reported The Journal of Montreal.
The government wants Investissement Québec to be a minority shareholder in the company and Polycor’s headquarters to remain in Québec.
However, Mr. Laperrière has already carried out lobbying mandates for the Polycor company, raising questions and doubts for opposition parties in the National Assembly.
Pierre Fitzgibbon is repeatedly guilty of ethics, there is one aspect he does not understandLiberal Party of Quebec spokesman on the economy, Marc Tanguay, was angry.
It was a slow-motion pile-up on an icy highway. We knew it was going to happen, it was happening, and he continued on his walk saying: “Shut up, it’s me, I don’t care about your menstruation”for his part, protested the spokesman for Quebec solidaire in terms of ethics, Vincent Marissal.
For his part, the leader of the Parti Québécois, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, reacted by saying it’s a government that seems to have very little regard for ethics, that’s okay with unlimited power without accountability.
But for Prime Minister François Legault, his Minister of the Economy has the right to dine with his friendshe descended into the corridors of the National Assembly.
For the principal concerned, Pierre Fitzgibbon, my personal dinners only worried me. In the case of Polycor, many lies were told. There are investigations to be donehe said in a press scrum.
In June 2021, Mr. Fitzgibbon resigned from his position as Minister of the Economy following a report by the Ethics Commissioner to the National Assembly, Ariane Mignolet. This is the third report in less than a year on Pierre Fitzgibbon’s ethical conduct.
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Source: Radio-Canada
