Quebec’s election campaign enters its 10th day, with many of the party leaders spending the day in the Quebec City area. The election is scheduled for Oct. 5. Key details: Follow along for the latest updates: CAQ: $750 million to create 25,000 daycare spots The Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) is committing to creating 25,000 additional low-cost daycare spots. CAQ leader Christine Fréchette made the announcement Saturday at a press conference in Lorraine. The cost of this commitment is estimated at $750 million over four years. In addition, the CAQ aims to address the labour shortage in educational day care services by offering each new graduate a $10,000 bonus, provided she commits to working for at least two years at a CPE or a subsidized day care centre. The Canadian Press. PQ leader says immigration comments ‘distorted’ Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon said comments he has made about immigration have been “distorted” by his opponents as Quebec’s political parties wrapped up the second week of the provincial election campaign on Friday. Immigration and anglophone rights took centre stage over the week as leaders continued to campaign ahead of the Oct. 5 provincial election. In recent days, the PQ leader has linked immigration to overcrowded schools and the decline of the French language. On Saturday, he held a press conference outside a Quebec City high school where modular classrooms are being used to accommodate students. He said schools were “overflowing everywhere in Quebec,” and cited data about the increase that he attributed to immigrants. But the statistics he shared were actually adding up a combination of immigrants and Quebec-born children of immigrants. Québec solidaire co-spokesperson Ruba Ghazal accused him of scapegoating immigrant children, while suggesting that the real problem was due to previous governments failing to adequately fund the education system. The Canadian Press Day 10: Here is where the party leaders are planning to start their day, in order of first appearance: Christine Fréchette (Coalition Avenir Québec) CAQ Leader Christine Fréchette is starting her day with a press conference at the Petits amis de Lorraine daycare north of Laval at 9 a.m. Around 2:30 p.m., she will visit the Kinova Robotics factory in Boisbriand before visiting the Microbrasserie Albion in Joliette after 5 p.m. Ruba Ghazal (Québec Solidaire) Accompanied by her co-spokesperson Sol Zanetti, QS Spokesperson Ruba Ghazal is set to hold a press briefing on health-care measures in Chicoutimi at 9:30 a.m. She will then meet with Saint-Félicien Mayor Jean-Philippe Boutin at Café Cambio at 10:30 a.m. before visiting a farm with UPA Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean president Jean-Thomas Maltais. She will then head to Quebec City for a Pride Day in Quebec City with former co-spokesperson Manon Massé in the afternoon and will end the evening at the Nuit des Galeries at around 7:30 p.m. Éric Duhaime (Quebec Conservative Party) Conservative Leader Éric Duhaime will start his day in Iverness where he will present his party’s digital platform at 10:30 a.m. He will then attend the Festival du Boeuf at 11:30 a.m., and will attend a Rouge et Or tailgate party at the University of Laval in the Quebec City region. Paul St-Pierre Plamondon (Parti Québécois) PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon will hold a press conference at the National Assembly at 11 a.m. Charles Milliard (Quebec Liberal Party) Liberal Leader Charles Milliard is expected to start his day at the Écolivres used bookstore in Lévis at 11 a.m. He will have lunch at the Délice Resto Lounge and spend the night in Gatineau. The leaders The leaders
