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Charest Heading To Majority Government

Posted on Monday, April 14 at 19:03 by RoyalHighlander

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Charest's campaign focused on health care. He promised to cut government subsidies, tax credits to big businesses and trim the civil service.
Charest also predicted Parti Quebecois leader Premier Bernard Landry would call another sovereignty referendum of elected.
The Liberals defeated the ruling Parti Quebecois and Landry; and Mario Dumont's upstart Action Démocratique du Québec.
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien expressed his satisfaction with the results, reading the results to guests at a state dinner in the Dominican Republic. The prime minister is there on an official visit.
"Between Mike Weir and Quebec we have two good things," said Chrétien.


Written by CBC News Online staff
>QUEBEC VOTE 2003


PARTY

LEADING
ELECTED

Liberals
26
45

PQ
34
15

ADQ
3
1

Other
0
0




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