10 July 2019

CAQ election was more 'desire for change' than green light for party ideas, study says

The October 2018 election was considered historic because it put a new party, the Coaltion Avenir Québec in office for the first time. Since then the CAQ has been proceeding full throttle with putting its plan in place, saying voters gave them a strong mandate. Turns out, many voters knew little about what the CAQ was proposing and only wanted change.

https://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/caq-election-was-more-desire-for-change-than-green-light-for-party-ideas-study-says

QUEBEC — A new study indicates the October election of the Coalition Avenir Québec government was more driven by Quebecers’ desire for change than an endorsement of the party’s often controversial vision and policies.

In fact, the study concludes, 40 per cent of Quebecers who voted CAQ today oppose the new government’s plans to slash immigration levels by 20 per cent even though the CAQ repeatedly says it thinks it has a strong electoral mandate to proceed.

The study, published Thursday in the web magazine Policy Options, operated by the Institute for Research on Public Policy, includes fresh poll data produced by the Ipsos firm.

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