Federal Conservative party is no longer radioactive in Quebec

That's the main message from last week's byelection foursome. As a result, it is no longer a given that Quebecers will again stand in the way of a Conservative majority in the next general election.

MONTREAL—The federal Conservative Party is no longer radioactive in Quebec. That's the main message from last week's byelection foursome. As a result, it is no longer a given that Quebecers will again stand in the way of a Conservative majority in the next general election.

Gilles Duceppe and his strategists had come to feel they had a lock on the province for as long as Stephen Harper led the Conservatives. Last Monday they...