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A QUEEN'S PROFESSOR SAYS THE PARTI QUEBECOIS'S RETURN TO POWER SHOULD NOT ALARM CANADIANS.
- Newswatch Newsroom
9/5/2012
A QUEEN'S PROFESSOR SAYS THE PARTI QUEBECOIS'S RETURN TO POWER SHOULD NOT ALARM CANADIANS.
P-Q LEADER PAULINE MAROIS WON A MINORITY GOVERNMENT IN YESTERDAY'S PROVINCIAL ELECTION.
THE 3-TERM LIBERALS HAVE BEEN RELEGATED TO THE OPPOSITION BENCHES IN QUEBEC.
THEIR LEADER, JEAN CHAREST, EVEN FAILED TO WIN HIS OWN SEAT.
POLITICAL STUDIES PROFESSOR ANDRE JUNEAU SAYS A P-Q MINORITY SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO KEEP THE SEPARATIST TALK FROM TURNING INTO A REFERENDUM.
ANDRE JUNEAU, QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY
"THE P-Q WANTS TO PERUSER A SOVEREIGNTY MANDATE BUT IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT, THERE IS TWO THIRDS OF THE ELECTORATE THAT DON'T STAND FOR THAT.
THAT'S NOT A BIG SURPRISE BECAUSE SURVEYS ON WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE ARE IN FAVOUR OF SOVEREIGNTY SHOW A SUPPORT BETWEEN 35 AND 40, IT VARIES A LITTLE BIT."
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