Éric Caire: End of an Era in Quebec Politics

It's March 26th.

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Quebec politician Eric Kair, the member for La Peltrie and a former coalition-adventure

Quebec minister, says he won't run again after 19 years in.

Office.

He's wrapping up nearly 20 years as an elected official and 27 years of activism in what

he calls the third-way movement.

Kair first won his seat in 2007 with Mario Dumont's action-democratic, Duke Quebec.

He ran for that party's leadership in 2009, but lost to Geo Tai Long, then switched

to the coalition-adventure Quebec in 2011.

Once Francois Legault's government took power in 2018, Kair joined the cabinet.

He handled digital transformation at first, then moved to cyber security and digital affairs

in 2022, before stepping down amid the SAA Q-click issues.

His departure leaves a gap in the party's tech-focused ranks, but Kairi sounds positive

about his time in politics and the challenges of leaving it, behind.

He still backs the coalition-adventure Quebec strongly and believes Quebec needs its fresh

approach, even as he heads into this next chapter.