Quebec Liberal Party pitches itself as sole federalist option

Quebec Liberal Leader Charles Milliard is pitching his party as the only resolutely federalist option in Quebec as it will likely face off against the separatist Parti Québécois in the general election scheduled for October. “On the referendum issue, the (Coalition Avenir Québec) is indecisive. Some say they are in the ‘No’ camp. Others are proud sovereigntists,” he told the few hundred Liberal faithfuls gathered at the party convention in Sherbrooke, Que. Labour Minister Jean Boulet recently said he would vote “No” in an independence referendum, while Culture Minister Mathieu Lacombe said he …