Quebec Election 2014: What the Heck Happened, and What Does It Mean for the Left?

By Jeremie Bedard-Wien and Alain Savard

Two years after the defeat of the Charest government, Quebecers have chosen to give a strong mandate to the Liberals (PLQ). As a backdrop, a dramatic election campaign saw the Parti Québécois (PQ) rise and fall precipitously. What lessons should progressives draw from the re-alignment of the Quebec electoral map?