MONTREAL – Quebec needs to become independent if it is to truly fulfil its economic potential, said Pierre Karl Peladeau on Tuesday.
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“I want to make Quebec a country but especially to make Quebec a richer country,” said Peladeau, the front-runner in the Parti Quebecois leadership race.
“In the current federal system, it is limited in its capacity to create collective wealth.”
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The controlling shareholder of Quebecor Inc. (TSX:QBR.B) told a news conference where he outlined his economic platform that he wants to protect head offices in the province, fight tax evasion and clean up public finances.
Peladeau spoke of the need to promote “economic sovereignty.”
“It is crucial to implement a system that favours Quebec businesses. We need to encourage companies from here. And we have do what it takes to create more of them.”
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His opponents are Pierre Cere, Alexandre Cloutier, Bernard Drainville and Martine Ouellet.
The leader will be chosen in May.
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They will hold five debates, with the first set for Wednesday in Trois-Rivieres.
Peladeau announced last month he will wait until the next provincial election in 2018 to decide whether a PQ government would hold a sovereignty referendum in its first term.
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