Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet says he expects this election campaign to be mostly centred on the issue of U.S. tariffs, and that he wants to ensure Quebec’s interests are represented.
During a press conference in Montreal on March 23, the day the election was called, Blanchet took issue with U.S. President Donald Trump’s foreign policy on Gaza and Ukraine, and said Canada and Quebec should act as “allies” facing the Trump presidency.
When asked about how the issue of Quebec sovereignty will be presented in his campaign, the leader of the Quebec separatist party said there is no question about the “independence” of Quebec, and he wants to ensure that the economy will work for the province’s benefit in the face of Trump’s tariffs. But he alluded to the issue of sovereignty being dependent on the success of the Parti Québécois, the provincial separatist party, in elections….