Parti Québécois

British

/ parti /

noun

PQ. (in Canada) a political party in Quebec, formed in 1968 and originally advocating the separation of Quebec from the rest of the country

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Mr. Legault started his political career in the separatist, social democratic Parti Québécois, which, for decades, led the province’s independence movement.

From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2022

A onetime businessman who co-founded a successful budget airline, Mr. Legault started his political career in the separatist, social democratic Parti Québécois, a group ideologically opposed to the federalist, pro-business Liberal Party.

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2022

Louise Beaudoin, a former lawmaker with the sovereigntist Parti Québécois, said the minister responsible for the bill needed to have more “courage.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2021

In 1968, he had founded Le Parti Québécois.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 28, 2015

Instead of brother against brother, they are more often elders against children, since Parti Québécois support most often comes from the younger generation.

From Time Magazine Archive

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