MONTREAL — With a robust economy and a main opponent seen as vulnerable, Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard calculated that a longer election campaign would be the secret to securing a second mandate. You can’t talk about people that way,” Couillard told the Montreal Gazette’s editorial board. This time, voters haven’t forgotten two years of deep cuts in education and health that followed the Liberal win. “It’s never been easy for us Liberals, it never comes easy,” Couillard told a boot camp with new candidates before the campaign. Couillard showed some seldom-seen emotion when Legault suggested the Liberal leader’s personal financial information pointed to money hidden abroad.

Source: National Post September 28, 2018 18:22 UTC