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QUEBEC — English-speaking Quebecers are starting to realize they have an option other than voting Liberal in the next general election, says François Legault.

Reacting to a new poll showing his party, the Coalition Avenir Québec, is in second place in overall standings, Legault said he was especially pleased to see the non-francophone community is having another look at what he’s offering as the second federalist party on the scene.

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“Every day, anglophone voters realize that they now have another option,” Legault said in an email to the Montreal Gazette. “They now have a real choice.

“The CAQ wants Quebec to prosper within Canada to the benefit of all Quebecers.”

A new Mainstreet public opinion poll conducted for the Montreal Gazette and Postmedia published Wednesday revealed an unusual volatility in the francophone vote, which has affected overall standings.

But that vote is only one factor helping the CAQ assume second place in the poll. While the PQ’s franco support is dropping, some of the non-francophone vote also has shifted to the CAQ for the first time in a long while.