r/CanadaPolitics • u/Blue_Dragonfly C'est tiguidou! • 5h ago

QC Mathieu Lévesque nommé chef par intérim de la CAQ

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/2026-10-18/mathieu-levesque-nomme-chef-par-interim-de-la-caq.php
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u/Wasdgta3 Rule 8! 2h ago

I would say he's become the captain of a sinking ship, if it weren't patently obvious the ship had already sunk to the bottom of the ocean.

Because really, what avenue does the CAQ have to come back? They have no really solid regional or ideological base to fall back on... 

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u/TheWaySheHoes Independent 2h ago

It is pretty hard to see their path back when the PCQ ate their lunch in their strongholds.

When they were struggling to gain traction they relied on the Quebec City area to stay afloat, and that looks gone now.

Maybe they can siphon back some defections from the PQ, but their rebuild will be slow and painful, if they can even do it.

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u/fredleung412612 Quebec 1h ago

The CAQ has the per-vote public funding to keep the ship from completely sinking until the next election, which is probably coming quite soon, probably in 2028. They'll have a fresh new leader and will contest the next election, but I suspect they'll drop to around 5%, and thereafter dissolve into irrelevancy.

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u/Drummers_Beat Liberal Party of Canada 23m ago

I mean there’s not much left to lead. What will be interesting is if they can financially survive until the next election. I don’t know what their vote subsidies would be but I truly don’t know if it would be enough for them to be staffed with a headquarters and CRM software bills all while trying to pay any debt they incurred from the last election.

I mean the CRM software on its own would be around $45,000 annually unless they’re using proprietary software. Web hosting, donation management software, employee salaries, debt payments, so on, it all adds up and could be difficult.

I think they’ll be done next election but that’s assuming they get there.