Without sovereignty as issue, Quebec leaders struggled to offer vision
MONTREAL — Quebecers head to the polls Monday after a rare election campaign in which independence was not an issue and parties were left struggling to present a clear vision to voters.
Public opinion polls have for months indicated a majority of Quebecers want a change from the Liberals — who have ruled for 13 of the past 15 years — yet no party emerged as the stand-alone favourite to replace them.
“The three major parties haven’t articulated a vision — none of them,” Harold Simpkins, a Concordia University professor and political commentator, said in an interview.
This election, rather, is more about what the parties aren’t proposing, he said.