From election-winning machine to plummeting membership: Quebec Liberals face growing …

After holding power for 11 of the last 13 years, there are growing signs of decay in the party of Premier Philippe Couillard.Left to right: Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard, Coalition Avenir Quebec Leader Francois Legault and Parti Quebecois Leader Jean-Francois Lisee stand during a Remembrance Day ceremony on Friday in Quebec City. Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard speaks during a Parti Liberal du Quebec (PLQ) general counsel meeting in Laval, Que., Sunday, Nov. 13.Parti Quebecois Leader Jean-Francois Lisee questions the government over the police spying on journalists, during question period at the provincial legislature, in Quebec City on Wednesday, Nov. 2.MONTREAL – Quebec’s provincial Liberal Party has a reputation as a disciplined election-winning machine. Existential angst is supposed to be a Parti Québécois thing.But after holding power for 11 of the last 13 years, there are growing signs of decay in the party of Premier Philippe Couillard.An internal report leaked last week …
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