The Pollcast: The tide turns in Quebec

In less than two weeks, Quebecers go to the polls to vote in the Oct. 1 provincial election. The clockisticking but is time running out for Franois Legaultin Quebec?

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The polls are shifting in the province, and Legault'sCoalition Avenir Qubec has dropped out of majority territory. But neither the Liberals nor the Parti Qubcoisare the ones making the biggest gains in Quebec. Instead, it is Qubec Solidaire, a left-wing party at the other end of the political spectrum from the CAQ, that seems to be picking up the CAQ's slack.

On this week's episode of thePollcast,Christian Bourque, executive vice-president at the polling firm Lger, joins the podcast to break down the latest polling numbers in Quebec.

TheCBC's Catherine Cullenalso discusses the first week of Bernier's People's Party, its flirtations with the Libertarians and its attempts to control its message.

Finally, host and CBCpolls analyst ric Grenierexplains what to watch for in the final days of the provincial election campaign in New Brunswick, where the polls suggest that nothing can be taken for granted.

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