Quebec independence

• Motion on Quebec nationhood, constitutional change gets green light from MPs

  The Bloc failed to pass a nearly identical motion three weeks ago, which required unanimous consent and was scuppered by a single ``nay'' from independent MP Jody Wilson-Raybould.

  Canada

  Jun 16
• Bloc Québécois tables motion on Quebec nationhood, constitutional change again

  The Bloc Québécois is taking a second stab at getting MPs to recognize Quebec's right to unilaterally change the Constitution.

  Canada

  Jun 15
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• Quebec nearly divorced Canada in referendum 25 years ago

  Quebec came within a small margin of separating from Canada exactly 25 years ago.

  Canada

  Oct 30, 2020
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• Bloc Québécois leader demands apology from Trudeau for War Measures Act, passed 50 years ago

  The legislation remains controversial 50 years after its passage during the October Crisis in Quebec.

  Canada

  Oct 28, 2020
• ‘A tragedy for Quebec’: Pierre Laporte’s death remembered 50 years later

  The events of the 1970 October Crisis, including the abductions of Laporte and British diplomat James Cross and the federal government's decision to suspend civil liberties by invoking the War Measures Act, remain a dark period in the country's history.

  Canada

  Oct 16, 2020
• Parti Québécois to elect new leader as party fights for survival, relevance

  There is open talk among major names in the sovereigntist movement that the PQ should simply dissolve.

  Canada

  Oct 8, 2020
• Quebec comedian Guy Nantel joins PQ leadership race

  Comedian Guy Nantel is officially throwing his hat into the leadership race for the Parti Québécois.

  Politics

  Feb 13, 2020
• ‘We don’t have to be embarrassed to be what we call nationalists,’ Quebec premier says

  In Quebec, nationalism has a different meaning, and it isn't a dirty word.

  Canada

  Dec 19, 2019
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• Bloc Quebecois leader stops in eastern Ontario to express francophone solidarity

  Yves-Francois Blanchet made a stop in eastern Ontario to say that pursuing sovereignty doesn't mean renouncing francophone and Acadian communities outside Quebec.

  Politics

  Sep 24, 2019
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• Green Party’s Pierre Nantel calls for Quebec independence

  Pierre Nantel said if a Quebec independence referendum were held, he would vote yes.

  Canada

  Sep 10, 2019