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The leader of the PQ has not given up on his promise to organize a referendum on independence.

The Parti Québécois (PQ), the political force that seeks Quebec's secession from Canada, has emerged victorious in the provincial elections, securing its return to government after more than ten years.

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon's party will lead a minority government, having won 59 seats out of 127. A parliamentary majority required 64 seats, forcing the new government to negotiate with other parties to pass laws and survive crucial votes.

Despite the lack of a majority, the PQ leader has not given up on his promise to organize a referendum on independence. Plamondon has announced that such a vote will not take place during the presidency of Donald Trump in the United States.

In his victory speech, he argued that Quebec should have the opportunity to determine its own status and linked the demand for independence to the protection of the province's Francophone identity and culture.

However, the electoral result cannot be interpreted as a direct majority support for separation from Canada. According to experts, a large part of the PQ vote is linked to dissatisfaction with the previous Coalition Avenir Québec government. Recent polls put support for independence at around 30 percent.

Quebec has voted twice before on this issue, in 1980 and 1995. In both referendums, majorities decided that the province should remain part of Canada. In the 1995 vote, the difference between the two camps was particularly small.

The election loss is a blow to the Coalition Avenir Québec, which had been in power since 2018. Its leader, Christine Fréchette, accepted the result and said she bears responsibility for the loss.

From Ottawa, Prime Minister Mark Carney reacted by congratulating Plamondon and expressing his readiness to cooperate with the new government. He singled out the economy, support for businesses and workers, the creation of new jobs and housing construction as areas where there could be cooperation.

The PQ's victory brings the issue of relations between Quebec and Canada back into the political spotlight. The province has a high degree of autonomy and now controls important areas such as taxation, immigration and language policies.

The main challenge for the new government will be securing parliamentary support to govern, while on the political level it aims to build the ground for a new debate on the future of Quebec.


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