WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.
– Millions of voters are expected to line up at polling stations across Quebec on Monday for the province’s general election. Out of 6.3 million eligible voters, 23 per cent have cast an early ballot, almost double the percentage from the 2018 election. The centre-right Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ), led by Francois Legault, had 76 out of 125 seats in the National Assembly at dissolution and is expected to be re-elected as the government. Dominique Anglade’s centre-left Parti liberal du Quebec had 27 seats, while Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois’s left-wing Quebec solidaire had 10 seats. The sovereigntist centre-left Parti quebecois, led by Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, had seven seats, while the right-wing Parti conservateur du Quebec, led by Eric Duhaime, had one seat. Four members of the National Assembly sat as independents.
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– Brazil’s presidential election remained undecided on Sunday after former president and Workers’ Party leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva led all candidates with 48.3 per cent of the vote, but not enough for a majority. Therefore, a runoff between him and right-wing incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro will take place. Bolsonaro exceeded expectations by receiving 43 per cent of the vote.
– According to a news report, the Canadian government is expected to announce sanctions against 25 Iranians and nine Iranian entities on Monday. Two of these entities include the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Iran’s so-called morality police. The Iranian government has faced nationwide protests after the death of 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini, who died while in the morality police’s custody for not properly wearing her hijab.
