Canada election: Trump threat casting shadow over Quebec voters
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Ipsos polls conducted for Global News throughout the campaign have showed signs the province's decades-long separatist movement might be replaced with Canadian solidarity.
As Canadians head to the polls Monday, attention is being paid to whether Quebec voters will put sovereignty on the backburner this federal election in the face of the threats from the United States.
Ipsos polls conducted for Global News throughout the campaign have showed signs the province’s decades-long separatist movement might be put to the side and replaced with Canadian solidarity.
The province’s electoral landscape has swung dramatically in the federal Liberals’ favour since U.S. President Donald Trump‘s turbulent return to office in January.
In the last federal election, the Bloc Québécois and the Liberals split most of Quebec’s 78 seats. Recent polls, however, show that support for the Bloc has softened, and both the Liberals and Conservatives are expected to gain a few seats.
Pollster Sebastien Dallaire told Global News last week it’s hard to miss the long shadow Trump is casting north of the border, which will possibly lead historically blue ridings to turn red.
Some Quebecers have told Global News their allegiance shift isn’t exactly a ringing endorsement of the Liberals, but a calculated move in the face of Trump’s threats of tariffs and annexation.
Bloc leader Yves-François Blanchet has pivoted his message in the final days of the campaign. He says he believes Liberal Leader Mark Carney will be elected the next prime minister, and is trying to convince voters to give him the balance of power in what could be a Liberal minority government.
The latest Ipsos poll conducted for Global News and released Sunday has Mark Carney’s Liberal Party holding a four-percentage point lead over Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives on the eve of Monday’s general election.
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