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Election season gaffes are as certain as the sunrise. At the official launch of his party's campaign on August 28, Quebec Premier François Legault took aim at his opponent, Quebec Liberal Party leader Dominique Anglade, questioning "how that lady," cette madame, "can say Quebec's economy isn't doing well."

Premier François Legault took to Twitter Tuesday afternoon to announce the official start of the Quebec election campaign period on Sunday, August 28. For political parties, the campaign period launch marks the beginning of a 36-day race to election day on October 3.

There's really nothing like groggily shuffling out of the house, room-temperature coffee in hand, on a grey fall morning and getting figuratively smacked in the face by the beaming air-brushed visage of your MNA stretched to disconcertingly disproportionate dimensions across a garish fluorescent backdrop. Campaign posters are — for better or worse — the most visible marker of any Quebec election period.

On October 3, Quebecers will take to the polls to decide the makeup of the National Assembly. Voters might give less consideration to the enormous manpower that drives the process. During election season, Élections Québec, the agency that oversees the voting process, says it becomes the single largest employer in the province. Two months ahead of the vote, it's already looking to fill hundreds of jobs.