If elected, Quebec solidaire would trigger immediate “acts of rupture” with the Canadian state, according to the policies adopted by delegates. Then, a Quebec solidaire government would form “constituent assemblies” across the province to gather ideas for a new Quebec constitution. The once mighty PQ, whose leaders helped create modern Quebec, has fallen to fourth place in the legislature, behind Quebec solidaire, and it is seen as vulnerable. While PQ meetings are often noteworthy for the amount of grey hair, the recent Quebec solidaire convention had the feel of a gathering of a university’s most left-wing student clubs. YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN...Zanetti said young people across Quebec are “politicized” on the issue of the environment.

Source: thestar November 24, 2019 12:00 UTC