LEVIS - The Quebec Liberal Party is meeting this weekend in Levis at an awkward point in its history.
With the ruling party mired in accusations of corruption, polls place Premier Jean Charest as the least popular premier in Canada, suggesting he would lose if an election were held tomorrow.
But Charest said Friday that his government has accomplished a lot in the past year.
"Quebec has created more than 113,000 in the last 12 months," he said.
"And we've created more than 30 per cent of the jobs created in Canada."
Finance Minister Raymond Bachand summed up the Liberal Party's economic game plan in three words.
"Staying the course," he said.
Charest charged that Parti Quebecois Leader Pauline Marois is so focused on sovereignty she has ignored the most important issue – the economy.
"So in the last council general meeting of the Parti Quebecois they spent half their time talking about a party that does not exist," Charest said, referring to the province's burgeoning right-wing movement.
"And the other half of their time… debating a referendum that Quebecers do not want."
Meanwhile, the Liberals are preparing for a by-election in the riding of Kamouraska-Temiscouata, following the untimely death of Claude Bechard.
The Liberals are running the riding's former MNA, France Dionne.
"It's important because it was a Liberal district, and I think it's going to be a Liberal district in the future," she said.
