Word: pq
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seven-week champion PQ against the ruling Liberal Party in a familiar situation the PQ campaigned strongly as the voice of change in government, condemning the liberals inability to manage the economy and blaming the Liberals endlessly for Quebec's slow recovery from the recession. They won on the slogan "une nouvelle facon de gouverner" (a new way of governing), but what Quebeceta were not told about was the insidious double entendre of this slogan: although Parizeau campaigned on a promise to change the way the provincial government manages its economy, his real agenda to the public separation...
According to Parizeau victory for the PQ in the provincial elections signifies a statement of the will of Quebecers to end their with Canada. This was not what Quebecers thought they were voted...
...provincial election last night, for the first time in nearly a decade. The Parti Quebecois, led by Jacques Parizeau, won 45 percent of the popular vote and captured 77 of the 125 seats in the Quebec legislature. But the size of the win was a major disappointment for the PQ loyalists; opinion polls taken before the election had indicated the reigning Liberal Party would be trounced by a much larger margin. The lukewarn endorsement of Parizeau's party indicates that Quebec residents are not ready to jump the Canadian ship. The party has pledged to hold a referendum on independence...