It’s not the economy, stupid: Quebec’s counterintuitive election

While strong economic numbers are helping to keep a cataclysmic American president in office, Philippe Couillard isn’t getting the same popularity dividend.

Quebec Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard, left, is trailing in the polls against Coalition Avenir Québec front-runner François Legault, right, despite strong economic figures coming out of Mr. Couillard's four-year term as premier.The Hill Times file photograph and courtesy the CAQ/Instagram

Opinion

BY LISA VAN DUSEN

September 12, 2018

The Saint-Tite Western Festival is to the Calgary Stampede what Atlantic City is to Vegas: smaller in scale, shorter on high rollers, and a little rougher around the edges. But like its western counterpart, Quebec’s eastern rodeo is a required st...

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