Several of Rice's Democratic primary opponents have tried to make
hay of the fact that she used to be a Republican, and now are
jumping on the no - voting bandwagon.
The Parti Québécois tried to make political
hay in early February when it
jumped on a La Presse story that revealed that 46 of the 180 lawyers with the Montreal - based business law firm BCF had contributed a total of $ 20,000 to the coffers of Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ), a new right - wing provincial political party led by former PQ cabinet minister and businessman François Legault — and for which BCF co-founder and managing partner Mario Charpentier is in charge of finances.