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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Martin Patriquin in Montreal

Quebec poised to elect separatists to power for first time in more than a decade

A man in a grey suit gestures with raised hand while speaking at a podium at the Federation Quebecois des Municipalities.
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, leader of the Parti Québécois. Photograph: Canadian Press/Shutterstock

Voters in Quebec are going to the polls in provincial elections which will probably result in victory for a party that has promised to hold a referendum on independence from Canada within the next two years.

If polls are correct, the Parti Québécois (PQ) will form the government of the province of roughly nine million, the first time that the separatist movement will have gained power in the French-speaking region for more than a decade.

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