Quebec election: Suspense? CAQ call came minutes after polls closed

So you plunked yourself on the sofa, and, with libation and popcorn in tow, settled down for what you expected to be a long evening in front of the tube in anticipation of a definitive call on the Quebec election vote. After all, pollsters and pundits alike had been calling this election almost too close to call.
And then after knocking back just one gulp of beer and a couple of kernels of popcorn, CTV Montreal was the first on the media block — at 8:08 p.m., a mere eight minutes after pol