Bloc now main opponent to Liberals in tight races across Quebec
CBC
As the race between Bloc and Liberal candidates tightens before Monday in Quebec, the party's leaders headed to battlegrounds as well as strongholds on the last day of the campaign.
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau began his day in Montreal, where the party is expected to win back many of its ridings, before holding in-person and online activities in six provinces by the end of the day.
Trudeau was accompanied Sunday by star candidates Mélanie Joly, Marc Miller and Pablo Rodriguez as he urged progressive voters to choose Liberal, once again avoiding saying that he is seeking a majority.
Joly, the Liberal candidate in Ahuntsic-Cartierville, referenced an expression made in 2008 by Jean Charest, former leader of the Liberal Party of Quebec, in asking for a majority from Quebecers in time of economic crisis.
She said the Liberals are asking for a strong mandate from the people and want to have both hands on the wheel.
Meanwhile, Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet headed to some battlegrounds south of Montreal to try and secure riding victories on Monday.
Before heading to the Eastern Townships, where the ridings of Brome–Missisquoi, Shefford and Sherbrooke are pivots between Bloc and Liberal, Blanchet told reporters he was in offensive mode.