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Voters in Quebec elected a government committed to making the Canadian province an independent country. Jacques Parizeau, leader of the Parti Quebecois, which captured 44.7% of the vote, vowed to hold a referendum within 10 months on whether Quebec should secede, though polls during the campaign showed that most Quebeckers...
A party pledged to separatism won a majority of the seats in Quebec's 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...
Soaring into the vacuum left by the imploding Conservatives, two new regional parties gained substantial power -- dragging with them the perennial issue of Canada's political survival. For the first time, the official opposition party, the Bloc Quebecois, with 54 seats, is an organization dedicated to the country's dismemberment...
Though the Reform Party will not have the perks and privileges of being the official opposition, it will surely be solicited as an ally by the Bloc Quebecois on many occasions. Both parties lean to the right and represent many older Canadians. Nevertheless, one major difference exists between the two...
Canada's Liberals can look forward to a productive four years in office before they must call another election. Even if the Reform Party and Bloc Quebecois come together, they will have trouble outvoting a strong, single party that holds more than half again as many seats. The New Democrats...