MONTREAL --
The Conservative Party of Quebec has a new leader, and its someone with more name recognition than the party itself.
“I want to stand up for ordinary people,” said columnist and radio host Eric Duhaime after winning the job with an overwhelming portion of the votes after a six-month race that was held entirely online.
In his victory speech, the new leader of the right-wing party said he intends to defend those who “have been treated as toothless because they don't agree with what is being done by the government or who are being treated wrongly as conspiracy theorists or covidiots... by (Premier) Francois Legault and a media and political elite who have lost contact with the real world.”