VICTORIAVILLE, Que. - Quebec Premier Jean Charest is taking aim at the Coalition for Quebec's Future on the campaign trail this weekend.
He says the Liberals are better prepared to manage the province's economy than their fledgling rivals.
Charest told a campaign event in Victoriaville that if re-elected he would use mining royalties from his much-touted northern development plan to help pay down the debt.
For its part, the Coalition for Quebec's Future says it wants to take over some environmental responsibilities from the federal government and, at the same time, ban the export of asbestos.
Party leader Francois Legault says he would work to find alternative jobs for those hoping to work at Quebec's Jeffrey asbestos mine, which recently received a loan from the Charest government to reopen.
Recent opinion polls suggest Legault's party is gaining support but is still behind the Liberals and the leading Parti Quebecois.
