Parti Québécois says it won’t hold referendum on sovereignty while Trump is president
Parti Québécois says it won’t hold referendum on sovereignty while Trump is president

By Erika Morris If elected to form a government, the Parti Québécois says it would not call a referendum on sovereignty until at least 2029. PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon announced the news on Tuesday morning as Quebec political parties gear up for an election campaign that is expected to begin before the end of August. In a statement posted on social media, St-Pierre Plamondon said that a PQ government would not put the sovereignty question to a vote as long as U.S. President Donald Trump is in the White House. But he stressed that his party still plans to call a referendum on whether Quebec should separate from Canada in its first mandate. St-Pierre Plamondon said an issue as crucial as the future of Quebec requires a clear and

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