Philip Authier

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The Parti Québécois would win an election if it were held today, new poll says

The Parti Québécois would win an election if it were held today, new poll says

The Arthabaska byelection win has further solidified support for the Parti Québécois with party leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon seen as the man who best incarnates Quebecers’ desire for change, a new poll shows. And two-thirds of Quebecers want a change of government, it says. Already leading in the polls for the last 20 months, support for the PQ has grown...

Conservatives dig in to hold on to Quebec City fortress as Montreal resists

Conservatives dig in to hold on to Quebec City fortress as Montreal resists

The way Claude Messier sees things, the fight is really with U.S. President Donald Trump and the ballot box question is who is best equipped to take him on. “We are in danger in Canada,” Messier says, pausing during his daily walk near the historic Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola church in the Quebec City riding of Beauport—Limoilou. “In this election I think we’re...