Indpendistas have been shaken by thee 42nd Quebec general election was held on October 1, 2018, to elect members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) led by François Legault won 74 of 125 seats, giving the party a majority and unseating the Quebec Liberal Party, who became opposition party with 32 seats. This election was the first for the CAQ to win, and the first since 1966 that had been won by a party other than the Liberals or Parti Québécois.
Coalition Avenir Quebec, founded in 2011 by millionaire businessman Francois Legault, won the vote in the French-speaking province with 74 of 125 seats in the provincial legislature, defeating the incumbent Liberal Party, which had been in power almost uninterrupted for 15 years. The Parti Quebecois, the political force behind two referendums on separating from Canada, was dealt one of the worst results in its history.
| Party | 2014 | Gain from(loss to) | 2018 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAQ | PQ | Lib | QS | ||||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | 22 | 9 | (1) | (5) | 74 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | 30 | 9 | |||||||
| Liberal | 68 | 32 | |||||||
| Québec solidaire | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | |||||
| Total | 125 | 25 | (1) | (20) | 6 | (9) | (1) | 125 | |
Coalition Avenir Quebec, founded in 2011 by millionaire businessman Francois Legault, won the vote in the French-speaking province with 74 of 125 seats in the provincial legislature, defeating the incumbent Liberal Party, which had been in power almost uninterrupted for 15 years. The Parti Quebecois, the political force behind two referendums on separating from Canada, was dealt one of the worst results in its history.
Although the party does not support independence, it advocates Quebec nationalism.[37] On 10 April 2014, the party stated that it would never hold a referendum on leaving Canada: "[There] will never be a referendum for the life of the coalition even after 10 years, even after 20 years, so that's clear. And I was clear but people understood something else. François Legault also pointed out that "Once it is clear that there will never be a referendum with the Coalition Avenir Québec, the anglophones and allophones, who don't want a referendum, have to understand that we offer an alternative to the Liberals. However, Legault has stated "aggressive[ly]" that a CAQ government would not repeal Bill 101.
Despite opposing Iindependence CAQ have if anything been more supportive than Inependistas of the Charter of the French Language also known as Bill 101 a 1977 law in the province of Quebec in Canada defining French, the language of the majority of the population, as the official language of the provincial government. It is the central legislative piece in Quebec's language policy.
Proposed by Camille Laurin, the Minister of Cultural Development under the first Parti Québécois government of Premier René Lévesque, it was passed by the National Assembly, and granted Royal Assent by Lieutenant Governor Hugues Lapointe on August 26, 1977. The Charter's provisions expanded upon the 1974 Official Language Act (Bill 22), which was enacted by the Lieutenant Governor-in-Parliament during the tenure of Premier Robert Bourassa's Liberal government to make French the official language of Quebec. Prior to 1974, Quebec had no official language and was subject only to the requirements on the use of English and French contained in Article 133 of the British North America Act, 1867.[
Bill 101 has been amended more than six times since 1977. Each amendment has aroused controversy over such provisions as the use of French on commercial signs or restrictions on enrolment into anglophone schools.]
So despite François Legault courting anglophones, he may be inclined to back further Bill 101 changes to strengthen the position of French in Quebec/
The Liberals who lost 36 seats particularly in Montreal, may be licking their wounds but comfort themselves that as in the rest of Canada the electorate is fluid and there can be spectacular swings in both provincial and federal politics.
For Parti Québécois it was disaster reduced to nine seats seemingly drifting to the right and shying away from another Independence referendum m it seems that they lost out to nor only the anti-separatist CAO, but to the more radical Québec solidaire,
Québec solidaire, gained 7 seats among them Sol Zanetti the former leader of Option National which has merged it QS and Catherine Dorion who was one of Option National most prominent candidates
It is perhaps a lesson in autonomous that seems to be reflectedeverwhere that it is the right wing Nationalist who like CAQ who are happy to be a strong regional part but not take the Interdependence routebutthe Left Wing Indepndisata's who are preparedtodoso,
The challenge for Independistas in Quebec is how to invigorate the movement , when faced with not only an increasing electoral mountain but the provision of the clarity act , which means that they cannot win with a simple majority.
The key points of the legislation included the following:
- Giving the House of Commons the power to decide whether a proposed referendum question was considered clear before the public vote;
- Specifically stating that any question not solely referring to secession was to be considered unclear;
- Giving the House of Commons the power to determine whether or not a clear majority had expressed itself following any referendum vote, implying that some sort of supermajority is required for success;[13]
- Stating that all provinces and the First Nations were to be part of the negotiations;
- Allowing the House of Commons to override a referendum decision if it felt the referendum violated any of the tenets of the Clarity Act;
- The secession of a province of Canada would require an amendment to the Constitution of Canada.
How long before Unionists here try to copy this.
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