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Last year, when the majority of Bloc Québécois MPs had quit in protest, it would have been hard to imagine the sovereigntist party getting much attention during the 2019 election. But that was then and this is now.

Now, after what looked like a long slide into irrelevance, the Bloc seems to be rising from the ashes. Leader Yves-François Blanchet has performed well and polls show the party is ahead of the Conservatives in Quebec, behind only the Liberals, and in first place among francophone voters.

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The Bloc Québécois has gotten a boost from the province’s nationalist CAQ government, which has issued a list of demands only the Bloc has fully endorsed. It’s also the only major party that supports Quebec’s controversial secularism law.

A year ago, when Quebec elected its right-leaning CAQ government, it seemed the federal Conservatives stood to benefit. The Tories have appealed to nationalist voters by promising to meet some of Quebec Premier François Legault’s demands for more autonomy.