(Québec) François Legault would have foreseen the rise of Éric Duhaime’s Conservative Party. “I told you it was going to get tighter, so I was right,” he said on Wednesday when he arrived for question period.
Posted at 1:01 p.m.
The leader of the Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ) reacted to the publication of a new Léger poll, which now places the Conservatives ahead of Québec solidaire (QS) and the Parti québécois (PQ).
Éric Duhaime’s party would collect 14% of voting intentions, while many Quebecers are experiencing a pandemic fed up, against 12% for QS and 11% for the PQ.
He would not have managed to overtake the Liberals (20%) and would still be far from the CAQ (41%).
But the Conservative Party would suddenly find itself second among Francophones and third among 18-34 year olds, according to the survey carried out among 1,017 Quebecers from February 11 to 13.
“Me, I take nothing for granted”, reacted prudently the Prime Minister Legault, for whom the domination of the CAQ in the next elections is not assured.
PHOTO JACQUES BOISSINOT, THE CANADIAN PRESS
Francois Legault
In the corridors of the National Assembly, the Caquiste deputy for Chauveau, Sylvain Lévesque, indicated that he did not feel particularly threatened.
The riding of Chauveau, which is located in Quebec, is in the line of sight of the Conservatives.
“We are six months away from the election,” said Mr. Lévesque. A little patience is normal, people are angry, there is frustration expressed. […] It doesn’t worry me at all. »
You’re not afraid of losing your seat, a reporter asked him. “Not at all,” he replied. I have a very positive balance sheet. […] A poll is a poll. »
According to independent MP Claire Samson, who joined the Conservatives, Mr. Duhaime is climbing in voting intentions because he is speaking “inclusive and unifying”.
In the press scrum, she predicted that the success of the conservatives would endure over time. “The dissatisfied will still be there. People have memory,” she said.
Respondents to the Léger survey were randomly recruited using the online panel. It is not possible to calculate a margin of error on a sample drawn from a panel, but for comparison, the maximum margin of error for a sample of 1017 respondents is plus or minus 3.1%, and this, 19 times out of 20.