Is the flat tax an easy sale in the largely working-class riding of Verdun?
“Remember, Nun’s Island is part of Verdun too. We haven’t dropped the idea of a flat tax, but we looked at the numbers and decided it was not a good thing to do right now because we don’t have the money. Maybe if we win and go on to a second term we will be able to implement it then.” Is he gonna win it all this year? “Absolutely!” Words of wisdom: “If you are always yelling about politics yet you do nothing about it, then you deserve the government that you have.” Name: Antoine Thort-Poupart Party: Bloc Pot Age: 21 Riding: Ste-Marie – St-Jacques Inspiration to get in to politics: To expose “the lies that the government has told us to keep prohibition in place. I want people to know the truth.” What gets his political goat: “I want to grow my own pot in my apartment legally and be able to smoke weed without having to look over my shoulder all the time. I just don’t want to be a criminal, and right now I’m a criminal every single day.” Does he live in the basement of his parents’ house,
