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We are on the eve of the Quebec election period, and important issues have already been raised: family and birth rates. These topics, which are very meaningful to us, are more relevant than ever, so we thought it would be appropriate to report on the strange disagreement between Éric Duhaime of the PCQ and Christine Fréchette of the CAQ regarding the issue of child care.

We’ll provide an analysis of the policies proposed by the parties in the coming weeks.

In her critique of Éric Duhaime’s natalist plan, Christine Fréchette suggests that the Conservative leader’s program would undermine women’s autonomy. How? By offering them the option to stay home and raise their children themselves, by providing subsidies directly to families for child care rather than to day care centers — at the same time, Duhaime would also maintain the system of state-subsidized day care centers.

Éric Duhaime, leader of the PCQ.

So there are more choices, but Quebec’s premier suggests that this freedom offered to women will open the door to the following discussion in households: “If you go into the workforce, honey, we might not make it — unlike if you stay home.”

In her reaction, Fréchette implies that taking care of one’s own children rather than being in the workforce is regressive and suggests two things: first, that women are too vulnerable or weak to make a sound decision; second, that Fréchette knows better what’s good for them.

Christine Fréchette, leader of the CAQ.

Did you think feminism was about “choice”? Think again. Fréchette, who here acts as the spokesperson for a certain type of condescending feminism, believes it is wrong to offer women this choice, because they might choose something other than what female politicians had planned for them.

These remarks remind us of the feminist debates of the 1990s, when family allowances were introduced in Quebec. Some feminists at the time strongly criticized this initiative. Claire Bonenfant, then president of the Council on the Status of Women, questioned the intent of the familial policy in the following terms: “Will this policy be a natalist policy in disguise, seeking to send us back to the cradles and the kitchen, or does it present itself as a policy of social justice?”

Let’s also consider what Simone de Beauvoir, an influential French feminist thinker, said about women’s freedom to choose to stay at home:

“No woman should be allowed to stay at home and raise her children. Society should be completely different; women should not be able to make such a choice precisely because many of them would choose to stay at home.”

Simone de Beauvoir.

In Quebec, there is an anti-family mindset in the corridors of power — a mindset that the media conveys to the public, an ideology, in short, that permeates the culture. It would take much more than the subsidies Éric Duhaime is proposing to reverse Quebec’s declining birth rate; what is needed is to promote a culture that is supportive of family and life.

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Life Chain

On Sunday, October 4th, the Life Chain will take place — or rather, the life chains, since it is a multi-location event. This is a peaceful demonstration in which participants hold pro-life signs for one hour to raise public awareness about the fate of unborn children. You can join one of the chains taking place across Quebec or, if you’d like, organize one yourself. Visit the Life Chain Quebec website for more information.

Petition for the Protection of Unborn Children

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For Life,
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Petition for the Protection of Unborn Children

On June 9, 2026, the Terrasse-Vaudreuil City Council unanimously adopted a resolution recognizing trees as living beings and granting them the right to live, grow, and regenerate.

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Life Chain

The Life Chain is a peaceful and quiet event in which participants hold pro-life signs for one hour. This initiative, which will take place in hundreds of cities on Sunday, October 4th, 2026, is crucial for raising public awareness about the dignity of human life.

For more information, visit the Life Chain website for Quebec.

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Vigil 365

The 365 Vigil is a daily vigil of presence where, every day for one or two hours, pro-life activists gather in a public square at a certain distance from an abortion clinic in order to end abortion.

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