QUEBEC CITY – The Quebec legislature resumes sitting Tuesday after its summer break.
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Premier Philippe Couillard‘s governing Liberals and the Opposition Parti Québécois have promised less political partisanship during the daily question period.
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The session will play out against the backdrop of what could well be protracted contract negotiations between the government and public-sector unions.
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The Liberals have 70 members in the 125-seat national assembly, compared with 29 for the PQ and 20 for the Coalition Avenir Quebec.
Quebec Solidaire has three seats, there is one Independent and two ridings are vacant.
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Quebecers are expected to next go to the polls in the fall of 2018.
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