How Quebec’s new separatist government could break Canada’s “cozy consensus”

Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer analyze Quebec electing a separatist Parti Québécois minority government and its implications for Canadian federalism. They examine PQ leader St-Pierre Plamondon's referendum pledge, Quebec's fragmented political landscape versus Canada's centrist consensus, and the CAQ's dramatic collapse. The discussion explores whether St-Pierre Plamondon can balance governing competence with his party's sovereigntist base, and how this election challenges Prime Minister Carney's national unity agenda amid ongoing trade tensions with the United States.

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CREDITS:

Daphne Liang - Producer and Editor

Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer - Hosts

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