CAQ defends its ranking of citizens according to their political views [Video]

Elected officials with the Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ) deny that they keep records of citizens who come to their offices based on their political views.

An investigation report by the Ethics Commissioner of the National Assembly revealed on Wednesday that constituency office employees and CAQ representatives cross-referenced data on the voters’ list to determine the views of each person ahead of the next campaign.

On Thursday morning, the National Assembly unanimously reprimanded Sylvain Lévesque, the MNA under investigation by Commissioner Ariane Mignolet, with one abstention.

However, the CAQ caucus decided not to exclude him. The MNA was forced to resign on Wednesday from his position as vice-president of the Assembly, and on Thursday the elected representatives ratified the appointment of Sylvie d’Amour to replace him.