Quebec legislature returns ahead of fall election with voters hungry for change
MONTREAL — Quebec’s legislature reopened on Tuesday for its last session before the fall’s provincial election and, on the same day, a new poll indicated almost 70 per cent of francophone voters want to see a change in government.
With seven months to go before the election campaign, time is running out for the Liberals to convince Quebecers they are better off with a party that’s been in power since 2003, except for a brief Parti Quebecois minority government.
“Quebecers are saying it’s time to move on to other things,” said Sebastien Dallaire, vice-president of Ipsos, during an interview.
His firm’s latest numbers place the right-leaning Coalition Avenir Quebec at 34 per cent, with the Liberals at 30 per cent and the PQ with 23 per cent.