Watch: Why is Quebec’s election campaign kicking off early?

Official campaigning for Quebec’s 42nd general election will kick off on Aug. 23, 2018.
If that feels like a relatively long time before the Oct. 1 vote, that’s because it is.
Liberal strategists hope an extended campaign will help them catch up to the Coalition Avenir Québec, which currently leads in the polls. The idea is that a longer campaign could give the CAQ and its leader François Legault more time to trip.
Such political machinations are possible because while