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Parti Québécois set to renew sovereignty push ahead of 2018 election

Parti Quebecois leader Pierre Karl Peladeau in Quebec City, Que. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

QUEBEC – The Parti Québécois is set to embark on a campaign to promote sovereignty, with the goal being to convince Quebecers of its merits before the 2018 election.

Leader Pierre Karl Péladeau said the party wants to be ready by the next provincial vote to be able to respond to its rivals’ attacks on sovereignty.

Péladeau wants all Quebec nationalists and pro-independence supporters to focus on what they have in common.

He said in Quebec City Wednesday that the best way to defend the interests of Quebecers is to make Quebec a country.

There are reports Péladeau wants to create a so-called “training school” where the merits of independence would be taught.

The PQ leader was short on details when asked about the school.

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