Quebec separatist leader says no independence referendum until Trump leaves office
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says a PQ government would wait until Trump leaves office, as support for Quebec sovereignty hovers around 30 per cent.
- On Tuesday, Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon announced the party will not hold a sovereignty referendum while Donald Trump is U.S. President, delaying any vote until January 20, 2029.
- Trump's tariffs and rhetoric about making Canada the 51st U.S. state have complicated the separatist case, with political science professor Daniel Béland of McGill University noting that triggering a referendum now would be "particularly risky."
- The Parti Québécois leads provincial polls with around 30 per cent support, yet St-Pierre Plamondon aims to focus his campaign on proposals rather than what he described as "fear-mongering."
- With a general election expected next week, St-Pierre Plamondon criticized the Coalition Avenir Québec , lamenting that any incoming government must "pick up the pieces" while pitching the PQ to English-speaking Quebecers.
- Quebec voters have twice rejected sovereignty, most recently in a 1995 referendum, while the province of 9.1 million people already maintains significant cultural and economic autonomy over taxation and immigration.
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Malay Mail
Quebec separatists rule out independence vote while Trump in power
MONTREAL, Aug 20 — Quebec’s separatist party, the current favorite to win October elections in the Canadian province, said yesterday it will not hold an independence referendum while US President Donald Trump is in power.The comments from Parti Quebecois (PQ) leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon highlighted Trump’s broad influence across Canadian politics, with regional actors calibrating their positions in response to the US president’s volatile gov…
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338canada.caNo Quebec Referendum Until Trump Is Gone, PQ Leader Says
With voters souring on sovereignty, St-Pierre Plamondon sidesteps his least popular promise The post No Quebec Referendum Until Trump Is Gone, PQ Leader Says first appeared on The Walrus.
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Will the PQ's Trump-era referendum pause work with voters?
Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says he won't hold a referendum until Donald Trump leaves office, a move one pollster called an attempt to ease voter anxiety ahead of the election campaign. Rival party leaders are already slamming the delay as an irresponsible, contradictory political pivot.
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