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SHERBROOKE — François Legault has taken a web page from Stephen Harper’s playbook in his remedy of Québec solidaire’s monetary proposals, in response to Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois.

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The Québec solidaire co-spokesperson says the CAQ chief is adopting a defensive technique, together with the distribution of flyers accusing the social gathering of “all the time taking more cash from middle-class wallets” with its “orange tax.”

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“He determined to show to the technique popularized by Stephen Harper: unfavourable promoting,” Nadeau-Dubois stated Saturday morning in Montreal following an look at Power Jeunesse’s convention.

He stated the CAQ’s leaflet cuts corners in its representations of Québec solidaire’s stance on taxation.

“Distributing leaflets to smear Québec solidaire gained’t persuade Quebecers to vote for François Legault. I don’t suppose this strategy to politics works in Quebec,” Nadeau-Dubois stated.

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The CAQ chief stated he wished to tell voters earlier than they go to the poll containers.

“The orange taxes are unfavourable,” he stated throughout a press convention in Lévis.. “It’s subsequently vital that Quebecers know what they’re signing up for with Mr. Nadeau-Dubois.”

The CAQ leaflet mentions Québec solidaire’s proposal to tax autos emitting 210 grams or extra of CO2 per kilometre, writing that that the acquisition of a Toyota Camry would price a further $4,831. Legault used this similar instance throughout Thursday’s French-language debate.

Nadeau-Dubois says the CAQ chief is “enjoying with the reality.”

“There are a variety of Camry fashions and 4 out of six of them wouldn’t be affected by the measure we’re proposing. The 2 that will be affected are the high-performance fashions which are already costlier and pollutant,” he stated in the course of the Power-Jeunesse convention.

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Sports activities utility autos, just like the Toyota RAV4 and Honda CRV, would even be exempted from the brand new tax, Nadeau-Dubois added, since they arrive in below Québec solidaire’s emissions threshold.

The Québec solidaire chief instructed funds generated by means of the tax on highly-polluting autos can be reinvested to scale back the worth of autos which are “good selections.”

This story was produced with the monetary help of the Meta and Canadian Press Information Fellowship.