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Originally Posted by RueBulmer
It really is harder to peg the major political parties in Quebec. There are PC remnants in the Quebec City area. PQ is traditionally left of centre but they are not above enacting conservative measures to balance a budget, and they are socially conservative when it comes to immigration.
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I think the air has been cleared somewhat on Quebec.
Greater Montreal, especially the island, seems to behave not much differently than the GTA or the Vancouver area, strongly supporting social liberalism and moderate economic policies, with strong multiculturalism support.
The hinterlands of Quebec feel like northern Ontario or Atlantic Canada - typically going for interventionist parties. The NDP held their own there for the most part, and the Liberals did quite well there too.
East/central Quebec, including the Quebec City region, isn't really that much different than rural Ontario or even the Prairies - populist-ish on economic policies, conservative on social policies, increasingly out of line with the majority of Canada.