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Something unfortunate has happened to the Coalition Avenir Québec party: people have begun to take it seriously.

In recent months, I’ve often looked back and seen that the CAQ had won the past week in Quebec politics without really doing anything, while the other major parties inflicted damage on each other or themselves.

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The CAQ seemed to be heeding advice attributed to Napoleon: never interfere with an enemy while he is in the process of destroying himself.

And it paid off in the short term. François Legault’s party moved into the lead in the polls and the seat projections based on them.

But with six months still to go until the general election is due, the CAQ may have risen too high too soon for its own good.

It was inevitable that, if the CAQ held on to its position as the frontrunner, it would no longer be ignored as the third party in the National Assembly, but would come under scrutiny as a serious contender for power.