An election about who’s best to handle Trump spells trouble for Bloc Québécois, say observers

U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats and 51st-state remarks are ‘actually strategically and politically good' for the Liberals, says former Grit staffer Jeremy Ghio.
Quebec polls have recently shifted for the parties of Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney, left, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.

Shifting attitudes about Quebec sovereignty and U.S. President Donald Trump's anti-Canada rhetoric are boosting the federal Liberals in Quebec polls, and shrinking the Bloc Québécois' support—even as the provincial Parti Québécois clings to its lead...

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