Bloc wants power in 'foreign parliament' before fulfilling Quebec independence
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'I want to be home, and for a large number of Quebecers, for the past 30 years at different times, being home means being with the Bloc Québécois,' Blanchet told supporters at a Châteauguay restaurant Friday evening.
But this time, U.S. President Donald Trump is changing everything. Fear seems to have given the Liberals the upper hand, and the rise of Canadian patriotism in the province has sidelined the independence idea.
Most of the hundreds of questions Blanchet fielded over the past five weeks focused on strategy and polls.
And then, independence came up.
'The day after (the vote), I promise you that I will not declare Quebec's independence. I swear it. That is not the purpose of the campaign,' he said.
What Blanchet wants is a balance of power in a minority government, and then to work with the provincial party, the Parti Québécois, to elect a majority of sovereigntist members to the National Assembly of Quebec, 'where independence can be achieved.'
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