The Parti Québécois has reopened the debate over changing its name, but few of its members seem ready to take such a drastic step as the party seeks to recover from a 2018 election defeat.
Party president Dieudonné Ella Oyono has indicated that a name change is on the table as the party mulls its next steps in the coming months.
The party met in Trois-Rivières over the weekend as it seeks to rebuild after a disastrous provincial election last year that saw the party win only 10 of the legislature’s 125 seats.
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The president of the party’s youth wing has indicated that the name could change if members ask for it, but interim leader Pascal Bérubé has indicated that it isn’t a priority and he prefers leaving the name as is.
Harold LeBel, a legislature member for Rimouski, says he’s strongly opposed to dropping the Parti Québécois name.
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LeBel says the name is part of Quebec’s history and people associate it with the hope for sovereignty.
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