Quebec party leaders back on campaign trail after visiting tornado victims
MONTREAL — The thorny issue of sovereignty re-emerged on the Quebec campaign trail on Sunday, as Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard suggested his Coalition Avenir Quebec rival hadn’t totally given up on the idea of an independent Quebec.
With just over a week remaining in the campaign, Couillard questioned Francois Legault’s federalist leanings, suggesting the former Parti Quebecois minister hasn’t changed his stripes despite Legault’s emphatic promise to never hold a referendum.
“He even said, some time ago: ‘I’m not talking about (sovereignty) because the numbers aren’t there,’” Couillard said in Vaudreuil, about half an hour west of Montreal.
“Does that mean that if the numbers change he will be in agreement again? You have to ask him the question.”