"That turned independence into the defining issue of the campaign, sidelining the “charter of values” that the PQ had hoped would electrify French-speaking voters in crucial swing regions. Supporters say the charter would protect the idea of separation of church and state, while protests against it have brought together thousands of Muslims, Jews and Sikhs.
Political experts see the PQ struggling to take control of the 125-seat legislature. Instead, the election has offered the Quebec Liberals — staunch supporters of Canadian unity — a shot at winning a majority just 18 months after provincial voters booted them from power for the first time in nine years.
“The campaign went off the rails with the Peladeau announcement and then it has just been a matter of desperately throwing anything at the wall to see what sticks, and finding that everything has instead bounced back at them,” said Daniel Weinstock, a law professor at Montreal-based McGill University.
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