Yeah, the Liberals are in danger of becoming the Anglo/Allophone party, which won't win them any elections.
They need to pick a spot on the spectrum and stand for a certain ideology. Problem with PLQ is they are essentially a catch all federalist party with members from across the political spectrum and only thing keeping them united was desire to prevent another referendum. With that threat gone, most Francophones are switching to which party philosophically aligns most with their views.
Do you think they should be a social liberal party against the cultural conservatism of the CAQ and the socialism of the PQ/QS?
It's an interesting idea, but that coalition would have similar electoral problems to the Liberals' Anglo/Allo one. Bill 21 is very popular among Francos.
Yeah, it would be a perfect fit if they just want to win Anglo & Allo votes in Montreal.
Problem is, outside of Montreal, Quebec is a fairly homogeneous place. Very hard to tap into that population when they're content with the status quo.
Be an explocitly social democratic progressive Federalist Party, offering a distinction clearly to the left of the CAQ for federalist Franco’s to vote for.
