Please complete your profile to unlock commenting and other important features.

User AvatarBuild your avatar
Please select your date of birth for special perks on your birthday. Your username will be your unique profile link and will be publicly used in comments.
MTL Blog Pro

This is a Pro feature.

Time to level up your local game with MTL Blog Pro.

Pro

$5/month

$40/year

  • Everything in the Free plan
  • Ad-free reading and browsing
  • Unlimited access to all content including AI summaries
  • Directly support our local and national reporting and become a Patron
  • Cancel anytime.

paul st-pierre plamondon

election quebec

The Parti Québécois Has Been Virtually Wiped Out

The Parti Québécois, for decades the political engine of Quebec's sovereignty movement, has suffered a substantial defeat in the October 3 provincial elections, with their projected seat total of three.

The outcome is the latest in a slide that began after 2012 when the PQ was last in power — as a minority government under then-Premier Pauline Marois. The party's 54 seats from the 2012 election were cut to 30 in a disastrous 2014 vote and dropped further to 10 under leader Jean-François Lisée in the 2018 election.

Keep readingShow less
election quebec

A Québec Solidaire Candidate Dropped Out After Getting Caught Snatching A PQ Flyer (VIDEO)

With the Quebec election less than a week away, the race to garner votes is getting more competitive. One candidate, from Québec Solidaire, took the competition too far and, even worse, got caught in 4k. Marie-Eve Rancourt, the QS candidate for Camille-Laurin in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, was seen removing a Parti Québécois flyer from a constituent's mailbox.

The resident, Guy Misson, posted footage from his front doorstep on Facebook. In the first video, a PQ volunteer places the party's flyer in his mailbox. Later, Rancourt herself can be seen putting a QS flyer in the man's mailbox before removing the PQ's and walking away like nothing happened.

Keep readingShow less
election quebec

A Quebec Election Poll Shows Québec Solidaire Surpassing The Libs & The CAQ Squashing All

Less than a week before the Quebec election, the CAQ is still on track to crush its opponents even though its support is slipping, according to the latest poll by Léger and Québecor (Léger/Journal/TVA/QUB).

The poll reached 1,023 people between September 23 to 25, that is, after the second and final leaders' debate on Radio-Canada.

Keep readingShow less
election quebec

TVA's Face-à-Face Quebec Leaders' Debate Quickly Devolved Into Incomprehensible Cacophony

The five leaders of Quebec's leading political parties are facing off for the first time in TVA's Face-à-Face debate. The format is... interesting, alternating between open discussions and one-on-one confrontations. In a small room full of passionate politicians with big personalities, however, the rules are blurred.

Between at least some successful jabs and substantive discussions, the debate easily devolves into cacophony — especially since, it seems, all of the leaders' mics are live at all times.

Keep readingShow less
parti québécois

The Parti Québécois Made Quebec Passports For The Fête nationale

As Canadian passport hopefuls line city blocks to get their travel documents, the Parti Québecois is offering a solution: independence. To mark the Fête nationale on June 24, the party has produced a draft passport for the would-be independent country of Quebec.

The passports, available online, feature images of Quebec landmarks, including the Parliament Building in Quebec City, the Sir Georges-Étienne Cartier monument near Montreal's avenue du Parc, and the Île-d'Orléans Bridge.

Keep readingShow less

Quebec Will Send $500 To Millions Of Residents — Here's Everything You Need To Know

After promising to help Quebecers deal with a meteoric rise in inflation, the government announced it would send payments of $500 to millions of residents.

Finance Minister Eric Girard outlined the measure in a presentation of the CAQ's proposed budget to the National Assembly. On Facebook, Premier François Legault celebrated the payments as an example of his government's willingness and ability to give direct aid to Quebecers.

Keep readingShow less