Quebec Independence

• Quebecers not interested in sovereignty, says ex-PQ candidate now running for Legault

  Bernard Drainville, a well-known radio host, is the second prominent person to have championed independence to join the Coalition Avenir Québec in recent days.

  Politics

  Jun 7, 2022
  
• Bouchard pitches sovereignty as statue of former Quebec premier Parizeau unveiled

  Parizeau, who made independence the fight of his political career, was premier from Sept. 1994 until he resigned after a narrow defeat in the Oct. 30, 1995, sovereignty referendum.

  Politics

  Jun 1, 2022
  
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• 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, 2021
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• 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, 2021
• 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
• 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
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• 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
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• ‘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