CAQ government support plummets to 22 per cent: poll

The Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) government’s popularity has slid among Quebec voters, according to a Léger poll published on Wednesday.

The survey shows that if a general election had been held from March 15 to 18, the PQ would have won 34 per cent of the popular vote, ahead of the CAQ, which now has only 22 per cent of Quebecers’ support.

This marks three fewer percentage points compared to the same survey conducted a month earlier for the CAQ.

The Léger poll adds that the CAQ has lost 19 points since the last election in 2022.

According to the survey, with 42 per cent of French-speaking voters’ support, the PQ could win a majority government.

Currently, Québec solidaire (QS) sits in third place in terms of voter intention, with 18 per cent, ahead of the Liberal Party (PLQ) at 14 per cent and the Conservative Party (CPQ) at 10 per cent.

PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is viewed as the best potential premier with 32 per cent of the vote, followed by Quebec premier François Legault at 15 per cent, and QS leader Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, at 14 per cent.

The survey was conducted a few days after Finance Minister Eric Girard tabled his budget on March 12, which included a record $11 billion deficit.

58 per cent of the respondents said it was a bad budget.

The Léger survey was conducted online among 1,033 Quebecers aged 18 and over.

-This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews.