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• The Charest Factor

  Pierre Dostie and Gordon Lefebvre | January 2nd 2004 | Canadian Politics, Economy and Foreign Policy, Labour, Quebec

  It is an inescapable fact that, since the 1995 referendum, Québec politics have been dominated by two of Brian Mulroney’s former cabinet ministers. The first, Lucien Bouchard, made his way to the top post of the Parti Québécois (PQ) to replace the fallen Jacques Parizeau. The second, Jean Charest, a much younger politician, was pushed to the head of the Parti Libéral du Québec (PLQ) by the federal Liberals in order to fill the void left by the dull and uncharismatic Daniel Johnson Jr.

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• Run-Up To The 2004 Federal Election

  Editorial | January 2nd 2004 | Canadian Politics, Economy and Foreign Policy

  The business establishment was never happy with the split in the ranks of the Tories that followed the collapse of the Mulroney regime. Bay Street always likes an acceptable fallback to the party in office, a second party committed to its agenda in case the first one falters and is unable to deliver.

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