Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Quebec

Provincial Parties Dept: "Obviously, there are some provinces where federal Conservatives are supporting two or more provincial parties," he said, according to Vancouver Sun. Albertans go to the polls April 23. Two more provincial campaigns are expected next year in B.C. and Quebec, also involving politicians at the provincial level competing for a pool of voters who support Harper's Tories federally and prime Minister Stephen Harper has given Conservative MPs permission to pick sides in current and upcoming provincial elections in Alberta, B.C. and Quebec, but they must stick to supporting candidates in their own ridings, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said Friday. "In those cases the prime minister has encouraged us to keep the focus on maintaining the unity of our federal coalition. Certainly, MPs are more than free to support the candidates they like in their own ridings, but we're trying to avoid being seen as intervening in provincial politics , and that situation would certainly apply to Quebec and B.C. as well as Alberta." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.