While the latest round of elections suggest Canadians are craving stability, the situation is starkly different in Quebec. Consider the latest poll from Leger:

Legault 36%
Lib 22%
PQ 18%
ADQ 9%
QS 7%
Green 5%
Other 3%

“Legault” refers to “a new party led by Francois Legault”, the former PQ Cabinet Minister who heads the Coalition pour l’avenir du Quebec, a group hoping to move beyond the sovereignty debate with a bold “pro-future” agenda. The coalition won’t declare their electoral intentions until November 14th, yet they sit in first place, with nearly as much support as the Liberals and PQ combined.

It seems far flung to image a party being able to form, organize itself, and take power in a year or two but after seeing the orange wave sweep across Quebec in a matter of weeks this spring, it would be rash to count out Legault. Quebecers are clearly not satisfied with their options, and haven’t hesitated to mark “none of the above” in the past.