Separatists Are Poised to Win Quebecβs Election. Independence Is Still a Hard Sell.
3 October 2026 at 09:02
The Parti QuΓ©bΓ©cois has vowed to hold a referendum on independence, three decades after Quebec voted βno.β Voters want change, but maybe not that much.
Supporters at the QuΓ©bec Solidaire campaign office in Jean-Lesage watch Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, the leader of the Parti QuΓ©bΓ©cois, during the leadersβ debate last month.

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