PQ consolidates its lead over CAQ, new poll suggests [Video]

The Parti Québécois (PQ) is consolidating its lead over the Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ), according to a new Pallas poll published Tuesday.

The poll commissioned by Qc125 and L’actualité was conducted on Sept. 26 among 1,111 Quebec adults. The sample’s margin of error is plus or minus 3 per cent, 19 times out of 20.

At the start of the parliamentary session, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon’s PQ garnered 34 per cent of the voting intentions, compared to only 22 per cent for the CAQ, according to the poll results.

The PQ is, therefore, taking advantage of the setbacks of the CAQ, which has had to deal with the loss of its superminister Pierre Fitzgibbon and MNA Youri Chassin.

The CAQ has also faced criticism from Hydro-Québec CEO Michael Sabia on its energy choices, then from the opposition parties on the development of the battery sector and public aid to Northvolt.

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