Pq Leadership Race

• Parti Québécois leadership race: 4 candidates officially in the running

  Frédéric Bastien, Sylvain Gaudreault, Guy Nantel and Paul St-Pierre Plamondon had filed their paperwork in accordance with party rules on Friday at the end of the nomination period.

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  Jun 26, 2020
  
• PQ leadership hopeful says Quebecers ready for gay premier

  Sylvain Gaudreault, who is openly gay, announced his candidacy for the Parti Québécois leadership race on Monday. He says Quebecers are respectful and open to him.

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  Nov 25, 2019
  
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• Véronique Hivon will not run for Parti Québécois leader: ‘I will still fight for my people’

  Véronique Hivon announced Tuesday that she will not run in the upcoming PQ leadership race, citing family reasons. 

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  Aug 6, 2019
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• Lisée called out for wanting English CEGEPS to cater to anglophones first

  It is something hard-line separatists have talked about for years: limiting or even banning francophone and allophone students from English CEGEPs. Now that controversial idea is rearing its head again among the current Parti Quebecois leadership candidates.

  Education

  Oct 6, 2016
• Parti Quebecois members vote today on new leader to replace Pierre Karl Peladeau

  Recent polls have indicated that Jean-Francois Lisee and Alexandre Cloutier are battling it out for first place.

  Canada

  Oct 5, 2016
• PQ leadership hopefuls square-off in debate

  Parti Quebecois leadership hopefuls met for a second and final debate at the Monument-National theatre in Montreal Sunday afternoon.

  Politics

  Sep 25, 2016
• PQ leadership race takes unexpected turn

  Parti Québécois leadership hopeful Alexandre Cloutier said he received "violent insults" after rival, Jean-François Lisée, published a post on social media insinuating the former had ties to controversial muslim leader Adil Charkaoui.

  Politics

  Sep 17, 2016
• Parti Québécois leadership candidates: friends or foes?

  It was, at times, hard to tell who was friend and who was foe for the candidates in the Parti Québécois leadership race at a Wednesday morning caucus meeting in Quebec City.

  Politics

  Sep 14, 2016
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• Parti Québécois leadership race heats up

  Parti Québécois MNAs are in Gatineau for a pre-session caucus but all eyes are on the PQ leadership candidates as they jockey for attention leading up to the Oct. 7 decision.

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  Sep 1, 2016
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• PQ leadership candidates accuse front-runner of playing dirty

  Two Parti Québécois leadership candidates are accusing the front-runner of playing dirty and obstructing democracy.

  Politics

  Aug 31, 2016