Premier Redford seems to be labouring under the impression that if she can persuade U.S. President Barack Obama to OK the Keystone XL pipeline, all will be forgiven. Not necessarily.
In mid-summer, almost four months after the Quebec student strike of 2012 had entered uncharted territory as the longest in the province's history, Premier Jean Charest played his final card.
The voter turnout for the recent provincial election was 75 per cent, the highest in the last 14 years. Quebec voters evidently felt that the stakes were high.
But if you doubt the ability of a lunatic acting alone with a firearm at a delicate political moment to change history in very bad ways, I give you … Gavrilo Princip!
Now that we've reached a crisis, having a guy with his hand on the tiller whose idea of navigation is to head for the sharpest rocks in hopes of wedging off a few more votes doesn't inspire confidence
Taschereau has been held by Parti Québecois MNA Agnès Maltais since 1998. From the beginning of this Quebec election campaign, this riding was going to be a battleground.
Ballots in the Quebec election will be counted next Tuesday, September 4. With a week to go, almost nobody believes the Quebec Liberals will be re-elected.