Category: quebec election

Premier François Legault to Unveil New Quebec Cabinet Today After Big Election Win

Premier François Legault will unveil the new Quebec cabinet today during a ceremony at the national assembly. After winning 90 of the legislature’s 125 seats in the Oct. 3 provincial election, Legault has no shortage of members to chose from. In 2018, Legault announced a 26-member cabinet and achieved gender parity for about three months…


Quebec Election: Judge Rejects Request by Conservatives for Recount in Beauce-Nord

A Quebec Superior Court judge has rejected a request by the Conservative Party of Quebec to have a recount in a Quebec City-area riding it lost by a slim margin to the Coalition Avenir Québec on Oct. 3. With the ruling, Luc Provençal of the CAQ has officially won the Beauce-Nord seat, beating out Conservative…


Peter Stockland: Extending the Authority of ‘the People’ Isn’t Always a Good Thing

Commentary Among my favourite unlikeliest of things is the reality of a Quebec election outcome proving Preston Manning correct. In a late September Epoch Times column, the erstwhile Reform Party leader and current voice of political sanity argued eloquently that the political catch-alls “left, right, and centre” should be tossed from the lexicon tout de…


Re-elected Quebec Premier Legault Looks to Form New Cabinet After Landslide Win

Fresh off his landslide electoral victory, Premier François Legault has a new mission: forming his next cabinet. And the leader of the re–elected Coalition Avenir Québec has many new faces to choose from. With all polls reporting, the CAQ won in 90 ridings of Quebec’s 125 ridings. The party had 76 seats when the legislature…


Quebec Party Leaders Work to Get the Vote out on Final Campaign Day

MONTREAL—Quebec’s major party leaders are making one final appeal to voters ahead of tomorrow’s provincial election. Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade began her day defending the decision to spend her final weekend campaigning in remote regions of the province where her party is polling in third. After spending time in Gaspé and Îles−de−la−Madeleine on Saturday, Anglade…


Quebec Election: CAQ Leader Defends Millions to US Consulting Firm During Pandemic

The political opponents of Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault took aim at him on Friday after it was revealed his government awarded a major American consulting firm $35,000 a day for strategies on managing the COVID-19 pandemic. Legault said McKinsey & Company advised the government on best practices from around the world as Quebec…


Quebec Election: What Are the Five Main Parties Promising Ahead of Oct 3 Vote?

The Quebec election is on Oct. 3, and for the first time, five parties have a chance of winning at least one seat in the 125-seat legislature. Here is where the parties stand on some major themes.   Economy and cost of living The Coalition Avenir Québec is promising to cut income taxes by a…


Legault Says Accepting More Than 50,000 Immigrants a Year ‘Suicidal’ for Quebec

Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) Leader Francois Legault says it would be “a bit suicidal” if Quebec accepts more than 50,000 immigrants to the province per year because it would be impossible to properly integrate newcomers and teach them French. Legault made the comments during an event at the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal on…


Immigration Issue Heats up in Final Days of Quebec Election Campaign

In the countdown to the Quebec election on Oct. 3 vote, Premier François Legault has been pressing harder on the hot-button issues of immigration and cultural preservation, saying this week that accepting more immigrants would be “suicidal” for the French language. “As long as we haven’t stopped the decline of French, I think that for…


Quebec Election: Record Number of Early Ballots; Legault Rejects Electoral Reform

Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault says he’s open to working with opposition parties if his party wins the Oct. 3 election, but he is rejecting all calls to reform the electoral system. Quebecers, he said, aren’t interested in electoral reform despite the fact his party is projected to win roughly 100 seats in the…