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• International · 2026-10-06

  Parti Québécois Secures Minority Government in Quebec Election

  Voters in the Canadian province of Quebec have elected the Parti Québécois, a separatist party, to form a minority government for the first time in over a decade. Party leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon has committed to holding a referendum on Quebec's independence from Canada within two years. The previous ruling Coalition Avenir Québec suffered a decisive defeat as voters expressed discontent over housing affordability, school capacity and immigration policy.

• International · 2026-10-05

  Quebec election likely to return separatist Parti Québécois to power

  Voters in Quebec cast ballots in a provincial election on Monday that polls indicated would deliver victory to the Parti Québécois, a separatist party seeking independence from Canada. The party, led by Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, has pledged to hold a referendum on independence within two years, though analysts suggest its support stems primarily from positions on immigration and identity rather than separatism itself.

• International · 2026-10-11

  Parti Québécois wins minority government with pledge of independence referendum by 2028

  Quebec's provincial election delivered a minority government to the Parti Québécois, the first separatist victory in over a decade. Party leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, a 49-year-old lawyer educated at Oxford, has committed to holding a referendum on independence within two years. Political analysts suggest voters were motivated more by his restrictive immigration policies and positions on identity than by his separatist agenda itself.