Parti Québécois promises to hold independence referendum in Canada’s French-speaking region by 2028
Voters in Quebec are going to the polls in provincial elections which will probably result in victory for a party that has promised to hold a referendum on independence from Canada within the next two years.
If polls are correct, the Parti Québécois (PQ) will form the government of the province of roughly nine million, the first time that the separatist movement will have gained power in the French-speaking region for more than a decade.
A PQ victory in Monday’s election would also be likely to trigger a return to pitched battles over questions of language and identity between Quebec and the federal government.
Long considered a declining force in Quebec politics, the PQ owes its resurgence to party leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon. The 49-year-old Oxford-educated lawyer and polyglot has positioned himself as a TikToking gen-X rebuttal to François Legault, Quebec’s long-serving Premier until he resigned early this year.
ok, hear me out - I’m an Australian so this isn’t my fight in any way-
But Quebec has always wanted some out, Alberta wants an out, Texas wants an out, Mexico is basically ruled by the cartels in a per-state basis.
Why not a ‘North American Union’ like the European Union, no USA, no Mexico, no Canada - just the 91 (or less if amalgamations happen) sovereign states of of the North Amercian Union.
According to polling, a healthy majority of Albertans and a healthy majority of Quebecois want to remain in Canada.
It’s certainly too late for separatists to turn the tide in AB before the “referendum to have a referendum” in less than 2 weeks from now.
A lot more could happen between now and 2028 in Quebec… But I still am skeptical.
Support for BQ in '95 was basically 50%. PQ today is like mid 30s (crowded field).
I’m concerned that provincial politicking is banging such a lazy drum. I’m not concerned today that the aggregate electorate of either province wants to leave Canada.
Don’t forget QS, though. If you want to count the vote percentage of separatist parties, you have to include them.