Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet scores 97.25 per cent in confidence vote

DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. — Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet scored 97.25 per cent in a confidence vote at his party’s national convention on Saturday.

It was the first test of his leadership since Blanchet was acclaimed leader of the sovereigntist party in January 2019.

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Under Blanchet, the party has won 32 seats in back to back federal elections in 2019 and 2021.

During a speech earlier in the day, Blanchet sought to bring together all sovereigntists in the different parties, describing his party as a one-stop shop for all sovereigntists but insisting the Parti Québécois was the party’s “main vehicle in Quebec.”

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The members adopted a proposal to that effect, recognizing the Bloc’s role is to bring separatists of all stripes under one roof while recognizing its historical links to the PQ, whose leader, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, addressed the convention on Friday.

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More than 100 proposals are up for debate during the convention which will wrap up on Sunday in Drummondville, Que., about 100 kilometres northeast of Montreal.

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