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Record: Liberal Listen to the party leader and the campaign supporters in their own words. April 15: Listen to Jean Charest's speech after Monday night's election results came in. English Translation [Runs 14:55]  French [Runs 14:56] April 11: The latest polls give the Liberals a lead of up to 13% of the popular vote. Although Liberal leader Jean Charest is loathe to respond to public opinion polls, he couldn't help himself on Thursday night during a news conference after the poll was released, when a reporter asked how he was feeling. [Runs 0:21] April 10: Jean Charest says that the war in Iraq had an impact on the coverage of the Quebec election but it did not influence the way the issues were debated. [Runs 0:21] April 9: Parti Québécois leader Bernard Landry is sticking to his plan to bring in legislation to force companies to give employees with young children the equivalent of a four-day work week , despite business resistance. He is trying to fend off charges that he improvised the whole plan at the beginning of the campaign. The PQ government revised the labour code in the last session of the National Assembly. However, Landry says the four-day work week wasn't included because it's not strictly a workplace measure. April 8: Jean Charest says the Liberal party focused on a limited number of issues for its campaign six months ago with health care as the No. 1 issue. [Runs 0:22] Jean Charest says his sense of Quebecers is that their priorities are on issues other than preparing for another referendum campaign. He says they want a party like the Liberals that clearly stands on a position and does not waver. [Runs 0:34] Jean Charest says he is fighting for transfer of tax points and changes to the equalization formula so that Quebec, the government of Quebec and the assembly can achieve more autonomy in the area of health care. [Runs 0:26] April 7: In Val d'Or, Que., on Saturday, Parti Québécois leader Bernard Landry continued his attacks on the Liberal promise to allow citizens to vote on whether to stay in the cities the PQ government amalgamated. On Monday, Liberal leader Jean Charest responded to Landry's statements with little surprise. He described the attacks as overused arguments, saying the PQ is grasping at straws because the party is on its last leg. [Runs: 1:22] April 3: Liberal leader Jean Charest says he's hopeful there will be no jobs lost as a result of the sell-off of Bombardier's recreational division. [Runs 0:24] Liberal leader Jean Charest says he can change government to make it more effective and save Quebecers money, and offers concrete examples of how a Liberal government would make those changes. [Runs 1:05] April 2: Charest claims that Jacques Parizeau is not talking about agriculture policy when he is out campaigning adding that the fact that Bernard Landry is 'hiding' Mr. Parizeau, reveals a hidden agenda. [Runs 0:15] April 1: Former premier Jacques Parizeau was accused by Liberal leader Jean Charest of rehashing controversial comments the then-premier made on his 1995 post-referendum speech. Parizeau was campaigning in Shawinigan for Bernard Landry. Charest called for an explanation from both Parizeau and Landry. [Runs 0:22] [Runs 0:46] March 31: On the evening of October 30, 1995, Parizeau told thousands of disappointed sovereignists that the reason the "Yes" side had lost the referendum on Quebec sovereignty was because of "money and the ethnic vote." Liberal leader Jean Charest claims Parizeau repeated those comments on Monday during a speech in Shawinigan. Radio-Canada's Guy Marcotte captured these comments. [Runs 1:10] March 28: Liberal leader Jean Charest says his party is not campaigning for de-mergers. It is a principle of democracy, he says. The Liberals believe in the right of a citizen who pays taxes to have decision power in the context of their community. [Runs 0:40] Liberal leader Jean Charest denounces the practice of clear-cutting and states the need to manage resources responsibly for generations to come. He says the environment and the economy are two sides of the same coin when it somes to sustainable development. [Runs 1:02] March 27: When pressed by reporters that he is avoiding the topic of de-mergers, Liberal leader Jean Charest reminds them that he made his position clear in October 2000 and goes on to explain what he thinks the No. 1 issue is in this campaign. [Runs 6:56] March 26: Liberal leader Jean Charest downplays the importance of past polls in the Sherbrooke riding. [Runs 0:46] March 25: Liberal leader Jean Charest seems unfazed at the announcement by Cree Grand Chief Ted Moses that he will endorse the Parti Québécois. Charest says his party is in favour of the deal signed between the PQ government and the Cree of northern Quebec. [Runs 1:19] March 17: Liberal leader Jean Charest talks about 'no taxation, without representation.' [Runs 0:47] March 14: Charest touts health care as the 'number one issue' for the Liberal party. [Runs 0:45] Charest questions the logic of Landry's sovereignist mandate: to have Quebec independant by 2005. [Runs 1:09] March 13: The Liberal leader, Jean Charest, is spending his first full day on the campaign trail today. Charest hammered at the P-Q government's record on Health Care. [Runs 1:18] March 12: Listen to the English portion of Jean Charest's announcement at the press conference as the campaign kicked off. [Runs 14:31] Watch the press conference at the launch of the election campaign. [Runs 11:11]  |
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