Legault in hot seat after incorrectly answering question on immigration
MONTREAL — Coalition Avenir Quebec Leader Francois Legault said Sunday he was on “solid ground” with his immigration proposals, despite having incorrectly answered a question on the subject.
Legault drew criticism on Saturday after making a mistake on how long a permanent resident had to wait before applying for citizenship.
On Day 25 of Quebec’s election campaign, he told a Montreal-area news conference that he wouldn’t have been a very good game show contestant, and that he should have researched the question instead of answering.
“Maybe I wouldn’t have won ‘Genies en l’herbe’ yesterday,” he said, referring to a Radio-Canada trivia show who name translates to ‘Budding geniuses.’