Quebec Conservative Party Says Volunteers Posting Campaign Signs Threatened With Bladed Objects

Quebec Conservative Leader Eric Duhaime waves to supporters at his campaign launch rally on Aug. 28, 2022 in Quebec City. Quebecers are going to the polls for a general election on Oct. 3. Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press

Quebec’s Conservative Party has reported two separate incidents of volunteers being threatened with bladed objects as they posted campaign signs over the weekend.

“I’m shocked by what happened to these two volunteers,” said party leader Éric Duhaime in an Aug. 29 press release.