Voting Underway in Quebec
The separatist party Parti Quebecois is expected to do well
Voting has begun in the Canadian French-speaking province of Quebec to elect a new government.
Opinion polls suggest the Parti Quebecois (PQ) - which seeks separation from the rest of Canada - could take power away from the governing Liberals.
The provincial election is a tight three-way race between the PQ, the incumbent Liberals and a popular new party, Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ).
Editor's Note: As of February 29, 2024, commenting privileges on reason.com posts are limited to Reason Plus subscribers. Past commenters are grandfathered in for a temporary period. Subscribe here to preserve your ability to comment. Your Reason Plus subscription also gives you an ad-free version of reason.com, along with full access to the digital edition and archives of Reason magazine. We request that comments be civil and on-topic. We do not moderate or assume any responsibility for comments, which are owned by the readers who post them. Comments do not represent the views of reason.com or Reason Foundation. We reserve the right to delete any comment and ban commenters for any reason at any time. Comments may only be edited within 5 minutes of posting. Report abuses.
Please
to post comments
As a Quebecer, the recent position about forbidding French students to go to English college and universities and I don't mention the influence of the local unions in that party....