Politicians flock to Magdalen Islands as residents deal with storm aftermath
Provincial election is just a week away but most residents have storm clean-up on their minds.
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Provincial election is just a week away but most residents have storm clean-up on their minds.
“There is erosion of the banks in the Bas-Saint-Laurent, in Gaspésie, in Côte-Nord. I don't think we're going to start seeing a program for each region."
MONTREAL — The percentage of Quebec voters who have cast an early ballot has almost doubled compared with the last election, the province's elections office said Monday.
The Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) leader François Legault took a break from his election campaign and put on his premier hat Monday to see the damage caused by Hurricane Fiona in the Magdalen Islands.
Two of Quebec's main party leaders are heading to the Îles-de-la-Madeleine region, which is in cleanup mode after a battering from post-tropical storm Fiona.