Current polls suggest the leftist Québec Solidaire party will be lucky to finish third on Oct. 1, but in terms of ambition, so far this campaign, they're far and away out front.
The party unveiled a plan Tuesday to ban the sale of gasoline cars by 2030, leaving car dealers with only hybrid or electric vehicles to sell.
By 2040, hybrids would be banned, and by 2050, any vehicles using gasoline would be banned.
It's all part of a $7.6 billion investment in transport, which it says would not only create 300,000 new jobs by 2030, but would also cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by then.
The plan also calls for a higher government rebate for those Quebecers looking to purchase an electric vehicle. Currently, the rebate stands at $8,000 per car.
Meanwhile, the Liberals this morning are offering up another $400 million for education funding for things like school renovations, more time in gym class and extra computer classes.
CAQ leader François Legault is talking about cutting into something Quebecers have long considered sacred — the province's burgeoning roster of fonctionnaires.
The party plans to eliminate about 25,000 to 30,000 jobs through the retirements of public servants, and 'readjusting' about 200,000 other positions — that's more than half of the province's existing civil service jobs — which he says would save $1.2 billion by the end of his first term.
The PQ unveiled its culture policy on Tuesday, which includes a floor price on books, to help smaller bookstores survive, and the introduction of a so-called 'cultural passport' for high schoolers in the upper grades, to allow them to spend $50 on cultural events and organizations.
The party is also proposing to hand over a book by a Quebec author to every student in the province every school year.