As Quebec’s National Assembly resumes its session today, opposition parties see a new opportunity to attack Francois Legault’s CAQ government on its management of the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, but so far none has emerged as a clear challenger.
The Coalition Avenir Québec government experienced a rare dip in popularity over the last month as the fifth wave of the pandemic took hold.
Legault imposed and then withdrew an unpopular curfew and introduced more lockdown measures. The health-care system has been forced to postpone thousand of surgeries. His director of public health resigned. And Legault proposed a “health tax” for unvaccinated Quebecers that has been criticized.
Sensing vulnerability,
