Quebec Election 2007

It's official. Jean Charest has called an election for 26 March 2007. The CBC has created a Quebec Votes 2007 site, which serves as an excellent tool to learn about the parties, platforms, and ridings. And for the Anglophones, the site is all in English, and is one of the few popular resources available on Quebec politics that is not printed in French. Those of us on the left should have a look at Québec Solidaire, a left-wing nationalist party, founded on principles of sovereignty, feminism, social equality, pluralism and ecology. Their platform includes sovereignty, the nationalization of wind energy, higher corporate taxes and massive investment in public transit.