Don Macpherson: The Charest effect on this year's Quebec election

When Jean Charest spoke at the Quebec Liberal Party’s policy convention last November, delegates were delighted to see the former leader who had won three consecutive general elections for them between 2003 and 2008.
Maybe not as delighted, however, as their party’s adversaries.
Charest’s speech was the media highlight of the convention, upstaging present leader Philippe Couillard.
What’s more, simply by inviting Charest for their party’s 150th-anniversary celebrati