Premier François Legault says the fall provincial election campaign will launch “for real” on Sunday, following weeks of unofficial campaigning by political parties and billions of dollars already promised to voters.
Legault made the announcement Tuesday in a 26-second video uploaded to social media. He said the campaign will officially begin Aug. 28 and continue right up to voting day on Oct. 3.
“I want, of course, to wish a good campaign to all the candidates,” Legault said in the video, adding, “Aug. 28, it starts for real!”
Polls suggest Legault’s Coalition Avenir Québec party holds a commanding lead heading into the campaign, and the party is widely expected to cruise to a second majority. A Léger poll published earlier this month found support for Legault’s party at 44 percent, compared to 18 percent for the second-place Quebec Liberals. Québec solidaire and the Conservative Party of Quebec polled at 15 percent and 13 percent, respectively….