(Saguenay) Quebecers like the checks offered by the government to fight inflation, deduces Prime Minister François Legault from a poll published Wednesday, leaving the prospect of tax cuts in 2023.
Posted at 3:25 p.m.
The Léger Marketing probe commissioned by Quebecor, however, suggests that the CAQ government would have dropped by 5 points in voting intentions and would be at its lowest since the pandemic.
If elections were held now, he would nevertheless collect 41% of the votes, which is quite enough to form the government.
At a press conference in Saguenay to visit the victims evacuated following a landslide, Mr. Legault seemed comforted by the survey.
Contrary to analysts who believe that one-time checks are insufficient to preserve the purchasing power of households in an inflationary period, the CAQ chief believes that he has found the best remedy.
“If I rely on a poll published this morning (Wednesday), Quebecers seem to think that the tax cuts and the checks that we send are the right means. I am convinced that these are the right means. »
He hinted that his government would cut taxes in 2023 if re-elected, but also if economic forecasts improve.
“We have to be careful with the tax cuts, because there may be a recession coming,” he took the trouble to specify, which raises doubts about the achievement of this commitment.
Léger’s opinion poll also suggests that the Liberal Party would come second in voting intentions, at 18%, while Éric Duhaime’s Conservative Party follows with 15%, Québec solidaire, at 14%, and finally the Parti Québécois at 9%.
Léger’s web survey was conducted between June 17 and 19, among 1,041 adult Quebecers. This is a non-probability sample. If this were a probability sample, the maximum margin of error would be plus or minus 3%, 19 times out of 20.