Bloc Québécois’ division helping make Quebec most ‘critical’ battleground for 2019: Greg Lyle

A new Quebec-centric party, Québec debout, is planning to run a full slate of candidates in the province in 2019, in direct competition for the traditional Bloc Québécois base.

Martine Ouellet resigned as leader of the Bloc Québécois as of June 11, with MP Mario Beaulieu, centre, taking over as interim leader. Former Bloc interim leader Rhéal Fortin is now interim leader of the new Québec debout, which plans to run a full slate in Quebec in 2019. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

June 11, 2018

Upheaval within the Bloc Québécois, and the emergence of the new Québec debout party from its defectors, are helping make Quebec a “critical” battleground for 2019, says pollster Greg Lyle, and the province presents the “most interesting dynamic in the next election right now.” “In the...

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