Party Vowing to Curb Immigration Favored to Win Quebec Election

  • CAQ is ahead in polls for Oct. 1 Canadian provincial vote
  • Dissatisfaction with Liberals runs high despite economic gains

Jean‑Francois Lisee, Philippe Couillard, Manon Masse and Francois Legault in Quebec on Sept. 13. 

Photographer: Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg
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A changing of the guard appears to be on the horizon in Quebec.

With less than three weeks to go before the Oct. 1 election, an upstart alliance that’s pledging to reduce immigration is favored to oust the Liberal Party that’s governed the French-speaking Canadian province for all but two of the past 15 years.