Posters for Liberal candidate Laura Palestini and Conservative candidate Louis Ialenti for the byelection in the LaSalle—Émard—Verdun riding in Montreal. In the end, the Bloc Québécois candidate won and the Liberals were left pointing fingers at each other over the loss.Photo by John Mahoney/Postmedia/File

'People just don't like us anymore': Quebec is turning on Trudeau's Liberals

'What we’ve been hearing is that things are better for us in Quebec. But we lost. So, things are bad'

by · National Post

OTTAWA – Over the course of just a few days, the Liberals lost a former stronghold in Montreal, their Quebec lieutenant jumped ship, and the premier of Quebec called on MPs to bring down the federal Liberal government. The Liberal Party of Canada has had bad weeks before. This past week was one of the worst.

“People just don’t like us anymore,” admitted a Liberal official in Ottawa.

Another Liberal stronghold falls as BQ wins Montreal byelection squeakerOTTAWA — In another stunning upset for the Trudeau Liberals, Bloc Québécois candidate Louis-Philippe Sauvé has won the byelection in LaSalle—Émard—Verdun by more than 200 votes over the Liberals’ Laura Palestini, with all polling stations reporting.Antoine Trépanier, 16 Sep 2024Loss of Pablo Rodriguez could leave Liberals 'heading towards an iceberg' in QuebecOTTAWA — Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez is expected to launch a campaign for the leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party soon, Liberal sources say, leaving the party without a vital operator in the province.Antoine Trépanier, 09 Aug 2024