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Dominique Anglade Is Resigning From Politics After The CAQ Landslide

Embattled Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ) leader Dominique Anglade announced Monday that she will resign from her post. She's also quitting her role as representative of Saint-Henri—Sainte-Anne to the National Assembly on December 1 of this year. Anglade thanked those close to her as she announced the new chapter of her life as an "engaged citizen" who will "serve Quebec differently."

Her resignation as party leader follows disappointing results for the once-dominant PLQ in the October 3 election, when it claimed only 14.37% of the vote.

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François Legault's CAQ Lost Support In A New Poll But Its Lead Is Still Pretty Enormous

Is Quebec on track for a baby blue wave? François Legault's Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) has dipped in popularity but is still on track to dominate in the upcoming Quebec election, a new poll shows.

The poll, by Léger for the Journal de Montréal, TVA Nouvelles and QUB radio, reached 1,041 eligible-to-vote Quebecers via an online survey between June 17 and 19.

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Quebec Politics Are More Bonkers Than Usual — Here's A Breakdown Of The Wild Sh*t Going On

Quebec's political scene is arguably the most consistently, uh, interesting (?) among Canada's provinces — though Ontarians and Albertans might disagree — but the current state of things may be at its most delightfully bonkers yet.

It's a handful of months away from Quebec's likely October 3 election date, and a few weeks since the passage of the controversial Bill 96, and we've got intense mudslinging amongst politicians and pundits; feverish, sometimes furious discourse in media and on social platforms; relatively new parties that may or may not be game-changers; all framed by wild and seemingly contradictory polls.

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Conspiracy Theorists, Text Apologies & Karaoke: Another Day In Quebec's National Assembly

Things got heated at the National Assembly of Quebec's question period on Wednesday when Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette called Liberal MNA Marc Tanguay a "conspiracy theorist" — a comment he later apologized for over text.

The drama started when it was time to debate the renewal of the state of health emergency.

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Legault Went Off About Systemic Racism In Quebec Again

Quebec Premier François Legault berated the opposition parties in the National Assembly at a press conference on Wednesday and accused them of trying to score "points" by asking him whether he would accept the Joyce Principle in Quebec.

Legault was also upset that the leaders of the opposition parties, Liberal leader Dominique Anglade and Québec Solidaire spokesperson Gabriel-Nadeau Dubois, brought up the issue of systemic racism at a National Assembly question period when "they are very aware of my position."

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Quebec Is Demanding An Apology For 'Hostile' Language Used Against It At The English Debate

A motion passed at the National Assembly Tuesday demands a formal apology from the Debate Broadcasting Group for what it calls "hostile" language targetting the Quebec nation at the English-language federal leaders' debate on September 9.

The motion, from Joël Arseneau, leader of the Parti Québécois in the National Assembly, passed with the support of the CAQ, Parti libéral du Québec (PLQ) and Québec Solidaire.

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There's A Petition Against 'Quebec-Bashing' In Response To That English Debate Question

The Parti libéral du Québec (PLQ) has launched a petition against "Quebec-bashing" following the September 9 English-language federal leaders' debate, where a question by moderator Shachi Kurl provoked fury among the province's political class.

"You deny that Quebec has problems with racism yet you defend legislation such as Bills 96 and 21, which marginalize religious minorities, Anglophones, and Allophones [...] for those outside the province, please help them understand why your party [...] supports these discriminatory laws," Kurl said to Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet.

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