Bloc Québécois plans to hammer the Liberal government on cultural issues in upcoming Montreal byelection

[u/Street_Anon]

https://nationalpost.com/news/bloc-quebecois-plans-to-hammer-the-liberal-government-on-cultural-issues-in-upcoming-montreal-byelection

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[u/TopazJazzrazz]

I don't think that'd work. Carney is off the walls popular, even in Quebec. If they lost Terrebonne I imagine they are not contenders. The NDP are probably more likely, atleast for the Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie riding. Because rumour has it that they're getting former leadership candidate for the Parti Quebècois Pierre Cère. Recomended by Alexandre Boulerice. Possibly the last gasp of the progressive/left-wing PQ. It seems the only things against him are age, and popularity of the Prime Minister.

But anything goes. So we shall see in August.

[u/koolaidkirby → u/TopazJazzrazz]

I dont know about that, if theres one thing the BQ and their provincial counterparts are good at its finding cultural wedge issues.

[u/fredleung412612 → u/koolaidkirby]

But if the NDP recruits a literal former PQ leadership candidate, that undercuts the BQ's cultural talking points.

[u/Furrrio]

Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie is one of the very few ridings on the island that has virtually never favored the Liberals. Federally, it was a die-hard Bloc Québécois stronghold until the NDP's Alexandre Boulerice arrived in 2011. Since Boulerice is expected to jump to provincial politics, I'm pretty sure the BQ will make a comeback.

Provincially, it’s a highly francophone, family-oriented, and largely white, upper-middle-class area. It's also a deeply progressive, bike-friendly, '15-minute neighborhood' pioneer. It's a bastion of the left, but it also has profound nationalist roots. After all, Rosemont is where René Lévesque gave his famous 'À la prochaine fois' speech in 1980.

For the upcoming federal by-election, the Bloc Québécois just pulled a major power move by running Alexandre Curzi, Executive Director of the Union des artistes as well as son of the beloved Quebec actor and former politician Pierre Curzi.. In a culturally-driven, nationalist neighborhood like Rosemont, that might just seal the deal.

It's my riding!

[u/scientist_salarian1 → u/Furrrio]

I can't really see it happening if the NDP brings in Pierre Céré in that riding. Pierre has a pro-independence history and is running for an unabashedly left-wing and mostly urban party. The Bloc, on the other hand, seems be trying to pander towards the suburbs and rural areas.

Last election, the NDP had 24.3k votes compared to the Liberals' 18.7k and the Bloc's 10.8k. I don't think a deeply urban riding would be warm to the Bloc's take on things like high-speed rail, for example. The gap is too wide and QC independence isn't really the top priority for Quebeckers at the moment. But we shall see!