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You would think that the Quebec Liberal Party’s worst election defeat since 1976, in terms of its share of the seats in the National Assembly, would humble the chair of its campaign. You don’t know Alexandre Taillefer.

Since the Oct. 1 election, Landslide Taillefer has not only floated his name as a possible candidate to lead the party, but also offered his advice on how it can recover from the disaster over which he presided.

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He even upstaged the Liberal MNAs who, unlike Taillefer, had the courage to run, by showing up at their swearing-in to suggest that the party re-connect with French-speaking voters by becoming more nationalist.

Specifically, he suggested that the Liberal party become a sort of Coalition Avenir Québec Lite, by accepting the so-called Bouchard-Taylor proposal restricting the wearing of religious symbols by some government employees.

How this would allow the Liberals to outbid the CAQ for nationalist votes is not clear, since the position on which the Coalition won a majority goes farther.