MONTREAL – Pauline Marois is warning a rival sovereigntist party to stop attacking the Parti Quebecois — or risk handing the election to the Liberals.
Marois says Francoise David, the spokeswoman for the small, social-democratic Quebec solidaire, should focus her attention more on Liberal leader Philippe Couillard.
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She says the PQ and Quebec solidaire are both progressive and pro-Quebec independence and must work together to avoid a Liberal government.
Although Quebec solidaire only holds two seats in the Quebec legislature, polls suggest the party’s popularity has climbed in recent weeks.
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Quebec solidaire could steal away votes from the party’s left-leaning voters in the April 7 election.
David has argued the PQ has shifted its policies to the right since taking government in 2012.
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