\u0027I\u0027m a Conservative who believes in fiscal conservatism, who believes in a market\u002Dbased economy, who believes in the federal system,\u0027 Charest tells Postmedia
He became Quebec’s premier in 2003, a position he held onto until 2012 when he was defeated in his own riding and his party was sent to the opposition benches after a massive student crisis.Article content
Charest’s aspirations are already facing attack from frontrunner and opponent Pierre Poilievre, MP for Carleton, who wasted no time in labelling Charest as a Liberal. “If you look at my own political choices and what I’ve done in my life, I am very much a Conservative,” he stressed. “I want to talk about the things I want to do. I’m not interested in criticizing my adversaries and trying to parcel the party into different pieces. I want to bring this party together because when the race is done, the first order of business will be to bring everyone to work together.”
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