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QUEBEC — It may be as one observer noted Tuesday. Politics is no longer the lifelong passion it was in the days of our ancestors.

But with news that some of the younger members of the Couillard government are either leaving the business (Martin Coiteux, Stéphanie Vallée) or reflecting and probably leaving (David Heurtel), a question has floated to the surface.

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If it is not just the older MNAs leaving after years in public office, is this a sign the Liberal ship is sinking and there’s a rush to lifeboats?

The simple explanation — ventured by the opposition for their own political reasons — is that the fleeing Liberals have read the tea leaves and decided those opposition benches across the floor don’t look very comfortable.

“It’s the end of the regime,” Parti Québécois Leader Jean-François Lisée told reporters Tuesday. “It sends a signal to voters that it’s time for a change, it’s time to turn the page on this Liberal regime.”