After the past provincial election in Quebec three years ago, the Parti Québécois was nearly left for dead, with only three members in the 125-seat National Assembly and a lowly 14.6 per cent of the votes. How things have changed since!

Monday evening, the PQ won a third byelection in a row, by a wide margin, despite their candidate facing strong opposition from the leader of the Quebec Conservative Party. “This reminds me of the Parti Québécois of the 1970s,” stated péquiste leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon. Indeed, leading in the polls for several months now, the sovereigntist party has clearly become THE alternative to the unpopular government led by François Legault.

The byelection was held in the region of Arthabaska, situated between Montreal and Quebec City. Arthabaska-L’Érable is

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