Quebec Conservative Leader Eric Duhaime shakes hand with independent MNA Maïté Blanchette Vézina, left, after she decided to join the Quebec Conservative Party to sit at the legislature in Quebec City on March 24, 2026. The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot
The Quebec Conservatives now have an elected member in the national assembly after a former cabinet minister with the Coalition Avenir Québec crossed the floor to join the party.
Maïté Blanchette Vézina, who had quit the CAQ to sit as an Independent in September, joined the Conservatives on Tuesday and announced she will run for the party in the October general election.
