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What you need to know It was the election homestretch, and Quebec's politicians were making their last pitches to voters with their ideas on how to govern the province. And the problems weren't small. So, before voters stepped into the polling booth, we provided information about the ridings, the issues, the leaders, and the campaigning. April 14:  On Monday, during CBC Radio's coverage of election night, Bernard St-Laurent and Dave Bronstetter talked with candidates from the three main parties. Though the Parti Québécois went down to defeat, with 39.6% of the popular vote, PQ candidate Marie Malavoy battled with Jean Charest for the Sherbrooke riding.[Runs 4:24]  The Parti Québécois' candidate Daniel Turp won the Mercier riding with 45.26% of the popular vote. Turp says his focus will be on poverty, the environment and culture within this riding. [Runs 2:52] Former mayor of Montreal, Pierre Bourque was the ADQ's star candidate. He lost the Bourget riding by a wide margin to the Parti Québécois' Diane Lemieux. [Runs 2:45]  April 11: The leader of the Parti Québécois, Bernard Landry joins Dennis Trudeau for a one-on-on interview from St. Antoine de Tilly, in the Lotbinière riding near Quebec City.[Runs 4:03]  April 10: Quebec Liberal leader Jean Charest sits down with Dennis Trudeau for a one-on-one interview. [Runs 7:08] April 9: With four full days of campaigning left, ADQ leader Mario Dumont sits down with Dennis Trudeau for a one-on-one interview. [Runs 5:53] April 11: The latest polls put the Quebec Liberals out in front with 38% of decided voters. Newsworld's Harry Forestell interviews Michel Vastel of Le Soleil and Anne-Marie Marois of Léger Marketing. [Runs 5:13]  April 8: Why is it so hard to find a general practitioner in Quebec? Health care figures prominently in the platforms of the Liberals, the Parti Québécois and the Action Démocratique du Québec party. All three parties recognize a lack of access to family doctors as a major weak point in our health care system. But how do we fix what's wrong? Daybreak's Susan Bell goes indepth to bring us more.[Runs 6:02] Riding History:  April 10: BlainvilleThe Blainville riding, which is traditionally nationalist, is home to many young families; it offers the conveniences of the big city with the tranquility and the green spaces of the suburbs—the quintessential Quebec suburb. It also has the highest drop out rates in the region. Reporter Marie-Claude Lemieux says it is hard to predict which party will win in this riding. Many voters in this PQ stronghold are saying it is time for a change. [Runs 5:48]  More Riding InformationApril 10: Vachon Jacklin Lu talks with people in the Vachon riding: a largely middle-class sprawling riding with big box malls. She also gives an overview of the three main parties campaigning in Vachon. The PQ candidate Camil Bouchard, was a professor in Psychology at the University of Quebec in Montreal and one of the engineers of the PQ's family policy. He is not a native of Vachon and is taking on the added task of replacing two-time election winner David Payne, the only anglophone in the PQ caucus. ADQ candidate Joëlle Lescop was a pediatrician at Sainte-Justine Hospital for 30 years. Liberal candidate Brigitte Mercier was the director of a South Shore women's shelter and helped put together the CLSCs program on conjugal violence. She admits to not having star status like the two other candidates but she is well know in the community. Jacklin Lu reports from Vachon. [Runs 4:44] More Riding InformationApril 8: Ungava Election campaigns are usually low-key in Quebec's northern riding of Ungava. But the Grand Chief of the James Bay Cree, Ted Moses, heated things up when he threw his support behind Bernard Landry and the Parti Québécois. That surprise endorsement may not work out as planned. Ernest Webb has the story. [Runs 3:20] More Riding InformationMarch 27: Mercier It may be a three-way race in the province between the ADQ, the Liberals and the PQ, but in Mercier, another party is a true contender. In the last byelection, a PQ, a Liberal and independent candidate Paul Cliche were out in front in the race. Cliche, a left-wing candidate, stole more than 20% of the the PQ's vote. In this election campaign, although Vivian Goulder is running for the ADQ, many observers still think the real battle will be among the PQ, the Liberals and the left-leaning UFP. CBC Radio reporter Marie-Claude Lemieux has more. [Runs 5:56] More Riding InformationMarch 18: Vimont Vimont is a sprawling middle-class riding with many strip malls and lots of highway. It is populated with dual income francophone-speaking families, while seniors, Italian and Haitian immigrants also making a substantial group of the population. Vimont is described as a barometer riding: historically, Vimont residents vote for the party that wins the election. Jacklin Lu has more. [Runs 4:39] More Riding Information
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