Policy Divisions: Week Vote and Charter Episode

policy divisions: By Chantal Hébert National Affairs Columnist Thu., Oct. 6, 2016 MONTREAL—It is hard enough to be an opposition leader without starting out with knives sticking out of one back, according to Toronto Star. But that is the fate that awaits the next leader of the Parti Québécois, whoever he or she might be. He believes the charter episode has cut off the party not only from more recent Quebecers but also from younger voters, writes Chantal Hébert. The winner — to be announced Friday night on the heels of an all-members vote — will inherit a fractured party, short on new blood and rife with personal and policy divisions. This week vote is not expected to resolve those issues. Far from reconciling the various factions that make up what is left of the PQ coalition, the leadership campaign has exacerbated differences on referendum strategy and highlighted divisions on the party approach to the accommodation of religious minorities. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.