QUEBEC - Quebec Premier François Legault says he is taking Monday's byelection loss to the Parti Québécois with humility.

Legault's Coalition Avenir Québec finished fourth in the Arthabaska riding with seven per cent of the vote — down from the 52 per cent the party collected in the district in the 2022 general election.

Ahead of an expected cabinet shuffle, the premier is scheduled Thursday to meet members of his caucus, who he said "spent the entire summer talking to citizens. I want to hear their thoughts on everything, including the negative comments they surely received."

"I'm going to spend all day tomorrow listening to their proposals for change," he told reporters outside the legislature, adding that he'll take the next few weeks to "digest it all."

Former journalist Alex Boiss

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