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Quebec Liberal Leader targets PQ referendum pledge on final day of election campaign

  • Marieke Glorieux-Stryckman

    Marieke Glorieux-Stryckman

  • Canadian Press

  • October 4, 2026

Quebec Liberal Party Leader Charles Milliard speaks during a campaign stop in Quebec City, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026. Milliard is flanked by local candidates Farnell Morrisset and Richard Belanger. Quebecers are going to the polls for a provincial election on Oct. 5. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

SHERBROOKE -- Quebec Liberal Leader Charles Milliard zeroed in on the Parti Quebecois pledge to hold a sovereignty referendum as he rallied the party faithful on the last full day of the provincial election campaign.

Milliard delivered the message at a Quebec Liberal campaign office in Sherbrooke, Que., next door to the riding of Orford where he is running for a seat in the provincial legislature.

The Liberal leader says the sovereigntist PQ is his main rival to form the next government.

He says the Liberals are the only party on the ballot that can be counted on to defend Canadian federalism.

Earlier in the day, he urged voters who want to stop the PQ from forming a government to strategically vote for the Liberals.

Quebec voters head to the polls on Monday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 4, 2026.