Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says he suspects Ottawa may be eavesdropping on him and other representatives of his party in a bid to quash the province’s separatist movement.
St-Pierre Plamondon made the comments to reporters in Quebec City on May 12. The PQ leader presented no evidence to back up his concerns, but said they stem from historical precedents.
“If there’s a constant in the history of the Parti Québécois, it’s that its leaders and influential elected officials are being spied on,” St-Pierre Plamondon said. He added that times have changed in the smartphone era, when “taping a recording device” to one’s body is no longer necessary to eavesdrop….