All’s fair in love and war

The gamesmanship is certainly picking up in the National Assembly. Earlier this week, a furious Charest denounced the PQ and the ADQ for sandbagging his pick for the Speaker and installing the PQ’s François Gendron instead. But Charest didn’t wait long before exacting his revenge. He swiped two MNAs from the ADQ’s dispirited ranks today.

The gamesmanship is certainly picking up in the National Assembly. Earlier this week, a furious Charest denounced the PQ and the ADQ for sandbagging his pick for the Speaker and installing the PQ’s François Gendron instead. But Charest didn’t wait long before exacting his revenge. He swiped two MNAs from the ADQ’s dispirited ranks today.

The Globe‘s Rhéal Séguin suggests the mounting animosity can mean only one thing: It’s election speculation season in Quebec.