Party leaders ready for election campaign as Quebec legislative session winds down

Quebec’s legislature is wrapping up its final session before October’s provincial election.

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Many politicians will not be returning to Quebec City in the fall, including roughly a quarter of the Quebec Liberals.

“People cannot say that we do not represent change, when we will have the most important renewal in recent years in the history of our party,” said Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard.

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Premier Philippe Couillard told reporters that Quebecers should stick with his party in order to maintain economic stability.

He boasts 230,000 jobs in the province have been created since the Liberals took office in 2014 and Quebec’s unemployment rate is its lowest in decades.

He also reiterated his promise to better the lives of anglophones.

“It was my duty as a party leader and a premier to do this. This is why we embarked on this project of having a secretariat, funded and we designated a minister, Kathleen Weil, who’s been doing a great job since she took that office – and this is why we’ll be doing more,” he said.

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Coalition Avenir Quebec Leader François Legault says his party incarnates real change and his team is ready to take power.

“What I will repeat to the anglophones for the next three and a half years is a CAQ government will never, never hold a referendum on sovereignty,” he said.

The Parti Québécois (PQ) and its leader Jean-François Lisée is straggling behind in the polls.

“I love being the underdog,” he said during his media conference at the National Assembly Friday afternoon.