ADQ accuses Liberals of promising services for votes

Last Updated: Friday, December 5, 2008 | 12:26 PM ET

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ADQ Leader Mario Dumont is accusing his Liberal foes of waging the kind of politics used in the days of Duplessis by promising better health care if people vote for them.

Dumont is taking issue with comments made by Liberal candidate Yves Bolduc — who served as health minister until the snap election was called this fall.

While campaigning in Montreal the northwestern town of Témiscamingue earlier this week, Bolduc promised a $20-million expansion for a local hospital.

When reporters asked him if the promise was tied to Bernard's election in the riding, Bolduc said partisan politics don't enter into health issues, but added in French that "when you have a colleague that can come and see you and is on top of his local issues, things get done more quickly and easily."

Dumont responded by calling it a completely "unacceptable" veiled promise that Liberal Leader Jean Charest should "punish … very, very severely."

The exchange reminds him of the days of Maurice Duplessis, Dumont said, referring to the premier of Quebec from 1936 to 1939, and 1944 to 1959.

Duplessis' governments were characterized by patronage, corruption and vote-fixing. In the 1956 provincial election residents in a local riding decided to vote for Duplessis' party en masse after he said he would build new roads into the community.

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Party	Elected	Leading	Total	Vote Share (%)
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008, 1:11 AM EST
LIB	66	0	66	42.06
PQ	51	0	51	35.15
ADQ	7	0	7	16.35
QS	1	0	1	3.80
GRN	0	0	0	2.19
OTH	0	0	0	0.45

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