Quebec-related cabinet changes ‘clear signal’ Trudeau’s Liberals want to make gains in province in 2019: strategists

Quebec is set to be an even bigger key battleground in the next federal election because of the collapse of support for both the Bloc Québécois and the NDP in the province.

Canada's new Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez, right, pictured with his wife, Roxane Hardy, and daughter, on July 18, 2018, at Rideau Hall in Ottawa. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

August 13, 2018

Recent cabinet changes impacting ministers from Quebec indicate how crucial the province and its 78 seats will be in the 2019 federal election, say strategists, with Quebec set to be a top target for all of the major parties. The July 18 cabinet shuffle saw the number of federal ministers from Queb...

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