A weekend away from voting day, there’s only one real Quebec election question:

Will PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon get his majority and eventually call a referendum almost no one wants?

Or will five different parties split the vote and give us a harmless minority government?

Then again, maybe the tiny Culinary Party will surprise us and win with their promise to unite all Quebecers in a “gastronocracy.”

That sounds the most appetizing to me.

Frankly, I have found this an unkind election, especially toward anglos and English-speaking minorities.

The province didn’t hold an English-language debate and won’t even provide English-speaking information at polling stations. That’s left some anglophones and allophones upset, uninformed and uncertain how to vote.

So, Dr. Josh is in today to calm your qualms and ease your electoral “crise.” Ask me your questions and I’ll tell you no lies.

OK, Dr. Josh, I’m totally confused.

In recent polls, 70 per cent of Quebecers say they don’t want a referendum. So why is the PQ heavily favoured to win when they’re promising a third referendum?

— Baffled in Beaconsfield

Dear Baffled: Like everything in Quebec, it’s both simple and complicated.

Polls show most francophones don’t want a referendum, they want a change of government. But they haven’t warmed much to any candidate except St-Pierre........

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