Quebec's separatists are returning to government with a promise to take the province out of Canada, reopening a battle over the country's future while Ottawa is already locked in a trade war with Washington.
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon took a moment to speak to anglophones in the province, saying that all Quebecers face the same challenges, and that he looks forward to solving problems together.Monday's victory for the Parti Québécois puts the independence movement back in power for the first time since 2014. Its leader, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, has promised another referendum on separation. And he used his victory speech to remind Canadians exactly what he intends to achieve.
"The courageous battle of Francophones to protect their language and culture will succeed when they have their own country," he said, according to Politico.
Hours later, writing in French, he framed the night less as a mandate for a breakup than as a recovery of confidence. The government, he said, would "extend a hand." He would be "the premier of ALL QUEBECERS, without exception." He closed with Gaston Miron: "It cannot always not happen."
Je veux vous partager l’immense sentiment de fierté qui m’habite. Les mots me manquent pour vous dire à quel point, ce soir, je suis fier d’être Québécois.
Ce qui me rend le plus fier, au terme de cette extraordinaire campagne que nous avons menée, c’est de voir que nous avons redonné le goût de l’avenir et le goût du Québec à des centaines de milliers de Québécois qui avaient cessé d’y croi
