Quebec Premier François Legault resigned Wednesday as a separatist party surges in the polls and threatens to tear Canada’s second-largest province from the federation. Legault announced his exit at the Quebec City legislature ahead of the Oct.

Over his tenure, amid rising anxiety among francophones about the future of the French language, Legault commenced on the most sweeping overhaul of Quebec’s language laws since the 1977 adoption of Bill 101, the Charter of the French Language, leading to the legislation known as Bill 96.

This 11 percent result for Legault’s troops may raise a few eyebrows, but it is in line with what Pallas has been measuring for the CAQ since the end of summer 2025 (11 percent in September, 13 percent in November).