This coming Thursday marks the official start of a Quebec election campaign that could herald major changes. But do Quebec voters care enough about front-runner François Legault's as-yet-undefined goal of finding them more jobs paying $30 and $40 an hour? And can what looks like a historic reversal for the Quebec Liberals Oct. 1 really be turned around in a 39-day campaign? The ruling Quebec Liberals were eager to start the campaign early Aug. 23, reasoning that given more time Legault, their main opponent, would trip up and voters would return to the common-sense Liberal fold. In poll after poll, Quebec voters have expressed a preference for Legault's seven-year-old Coalition Avenir Québec.

Source: CBC News August 19, 2018 15:00 UTC