How are things shaping up in the Quebec City area?

I like to say that this area has been getting a lot of love, a lot of attention in this provincial election by all the political parties.

Now, we're talking about 18 ridings.

So let's talk about the Chaudière-Appalaches reading south of the river and then the Capitale Nationale.

That's about 18 ridings.

And it's an area that, you know, voters tend to be a bit fickle.

Not a lot of party loyalty.

What are we seeing happening in those areas?

How are things shaping up in the Quebec City area?

I like to say that this area has been getting a lot of love, a lot of attention in this provincial election by all the political parties.

Now, we're talking about 18 ridings.

So let's talk about the Chaudière-Appalaches reading south of the river and then the Capitale Nationale.

That's about 18 ridings.

And it's an area that, you know, voters tend to be a bit fickle, not a lot of party loyalty.

People are more tuned in to their very local issues.

also

Um, did Dolores and Shaheen feel like there were any kind of lingering effects after 1995?

I think initially, but then for years there wasn't really a talk of a referendum, so they were just living their lives here.

They were accepting certain things, that French is the common language, and they worked with a lot of visible minority women's organizations, and they would work with other mainstream women's organizations and interact with each other.

Um, even, like, Dolores talking about her grandchildren, like, learning French and interacting with French.

So, uh, and they also still liked the, uh, progressive policies of Quebec, like affordable access to daycare, very feminist.

But then came the policies about Quebec values and secularism, and that's where they felt, when it came to policy, they were starting to feel othered.

On your day-to-day lives right now, how do you see yourselves, and how do you think other people see you in terms of being a Quebecker?

They seem to be really conscious of how these questions of belonging and identity can affect the way that people feel about Quebec sovereignty as well.