QAnon’s Influence in Québec, from Alexis Cossette-Trudel to Éric Duhaime: Signs of an Americanization of Québec's Political Culture?
摘要
This chapter explores the American presence within social movements opposing the Québec government's health measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that began in 2020. This contribution illustrates that these visual, political, and symbolic borrowings (marked by the seal of QAnon and fostered by the anxiety-inducing aspect of the pandemic that has shaken everything in its path) are part of and reflect an Americanization of Québec's political culture. In doing so, this essay focuses on the contribution of Alexis Cossette-Trudel, who as a conduit and thinker for this movement in Québec, played a leading role in the dissemination and propagation of QAnon's ideas. This chapter also examines the involvement of Éric Duhaime, leader of the Conservative Party of Québec, whose use of the language and codes of the QAnon movement in the run-up to Québec’s provincial election on October 3, 2022, can be arguably best viewed as part of a deliberate political calculation and ideological positioning, whose effects could be felt eventually on the benches of the National Assembly of Québec.