Quebec election: talk of minority government, hiding money out of country
MONTREAL — The possibility of a minority government and insinuations of money hidden outside the country dominated on Day 34 of the Quebec election campaign Tuesday.
Questions of coalition governments arose after Monday’s election in New Brunswick, where neither of the two main parties won a majority of seats and the balance of power rested with two smaller parties holding three seats each.
Moreover, an Ipsos poll published Tuesday suggested support for the front-running Coalition Avenir Quebec has dropped since the start of the campaign and no Quebec party is in majority territory, less than one week from the vote.
Parti Quebecois Leader Jean-Francois Lisee rejected the idea of a formal coalition government with the Coalition or with Quebec solidaire but said he is open to cooperating to block the Liberals if they win a minority next Monday.