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Harper said: "It is the Parliament that's supposed to run the country, not just the largest party and the single leader of that party. That's a criticism I've had and that we've had and that most Canadians have had for a long, long time now so this is an opportunity to start to change that." However, at the time, Harper and the two other opposition leaders denied trying to form a coalition government, despite the letter written to the governor general. Harper said, "This is not a coalition, but this is a co-operative effort."
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secret of the fact that its objective was to harm Quebec, bypass Quebec territory and compete with Hydro-Quebec on export markets. "By announcing such funding, the government of Justin Trudeau is directly attacking Hydro-Quebec, which has been trying for several years to increase its electricity sales in the United States, one of the markets targeted by Muskrat Falls," the statement also reads. Hydro-Quebec declined to comment.
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Meanwhile, the Bloc Quebecois is decidedly against the bailout. It sees the money as an unfair advantage to N.L., because Hydro-Quebec and Nalcor are both Crown corporations with significant hydropower competing for New England markets..."In launching this project, the Newfoundland government made no
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referendum was held on Ouellet's leadership on 1 and 2 June 2018 resulting in the party membership rejecting her leadership by 67%, while a proposal that the party prioritize Quebec independence on a daily basis above all other issues also passed with 65% support. Ouellet subsequently announced her
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We respectfully point out that the opposition parties, who together constitute a majority in the House, have been in close consultation. We believe that, should a request for dissolution arise, this should give you cause, as constitutional practice has determined, to consult the opposition leaders
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has close ties to the Bloc and shares its principal objective of independence for Quebec. The two parties have backed each other during election campaigns, and prominent members of each party often attend and speak at the other's public events. In addition, the majority of each party's membership
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was named Ouelett's successor on an interim basis until her successor could be chosen. On 22 August 2018, as part of an agreement to reunite the party, Beaulieu ceded the party presidency to Yves Perron; on 17 September 2018, the remaining MPs who had defected from the Bloc rejoined the party and
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supporting the seven current MPs who had resigned from caucus and demanding Ouellet's resignation. Nevertheless, after a lengthy meeting, the party's executive issued a statement supporting Ouellet's leadership but also stating that the seven rebels could keep their Bloc Québécois memberships and
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On the same day the letter was written, the three party leaders held a joint press conference at which they expressed their intent to co-operate on changing parliamentary rules, and to request that the governor general consult with them before deciding to call an election. At the news conference,
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Soon after the 35th Parliament convened, Bouchard announced that Bloquiste MPs would only speak French on the floor of the House of Commons, a policy that remains in force to this day. This was out of necessity; although Bouchard and most of the Bloc's founding members were fluently bilingual in
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With two seats left in parliament, and with the party languishing in the polls a few months before an expected election campaign, it was announced 10 June 2015 that Gilles Duceppe would be returning to lead the party into the campaign; Beaulieu would relinquish the leadership but remain party
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in the House of Commons. MPs without official party status are treated as independents and must sit in the back row of the opposition benches. They are permitted just a few questions each week in question period and cannot sit as voting members on parliamentary committees.
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with the Bloc and NDP in response to Harper's allegations that the Liberals intended to form a coalition with the Bloc and the NDP. Two months after the 2004 federal election, Stephen Harper privately met with BQ leader Gilles Duceppe and New Democratic Party leader
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side's campaign had a difficult beginning, so the leadership of the campaign was shifted from PQ leader Jacques Parizeau to Bloc leader Lucien Bouchard. Bouchard was seen as more charismatic and more moderate, and therefore more likely to attract voters.
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during the 35th Parliament were dominated by issues of national unity. However, the governing Liberals regarded Reform as their main opposition on non-Quebec matters. Also, in 1995, when Bouchard garnered an invitation to meet visiting US President
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poll conducted shortly after put the Bloc Quebecois at 12 per cent among Quebec voters, its lowest rating ever. Following an election this would likely translate into zero seats, putting the survival of the party into question for the
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In a speech in front of his supporters following the election, BQ leader Gilles Duceppe claimed to have achieved his objectives, adding: "without the Bloc Québécois tonight, Mr. Harper would have formed a majority government".
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president. The party executive agreed on 9 June 2015, to split the positions of president and party leader in order to facilitate Duceppe's return. The changes were approved by the party's general council on 1 July.
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against the governing Conservatives by the two other opposition parties, and would support the resulting Liberal-NDP coalition government at least until June 2010, without actually being part of the government.
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holds membership in both parties. However, on an organizational level the parties are separate entities – the Bloc is not the federal wing of the Parti Québécois, nor the PQ the provincial wing of the Bloc.
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The Bloc Québécois was formed in 1990 as an informal coalition of Progressive Conservative and Liberal Members of Parliament from Quebec, who left their original parties around the time of the defeat of the
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was a PQ MNA from 2010 until 2017 and ran twice for the PQ leadership. She continued to sit in the Quebec National Assembly, as an Independent MNA, after she was elected Bloc leader.
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was acting leader in the House of Commons. Barbot became the first person of a visible minority group to lead a Canadian federal political party with parliamentary representation.
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from 1981 until 1988. Former party leader Daniel Paillé was also a PQ member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1994 to 1996, and a BQ member of Parliament from 2009 to 2011.
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Because the Bloc was the official opposition, it had considerable privileges over the other parties although all of its MPs had been elected in one province. For instance,
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and joined the Bloc, citing his disagreement with the New Democratic Party on the subject of Quebec sovereignty, bringing the party's total seats in Parliament up to five.
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A "tripartite agreement" mapping out the plan for accession to independence was written and signed by the leaders of the Parti Québécois, the Bloc Québécois and the
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The caucus fell back to 4 MPs on 12 September 2013 when Mourani, the party's only remaining member from Montreal, was expelled for her comments criticizing the
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that suggested changes to the Meech Lake Accord. Bouchard felt the recommendations for change undermined the objectives and spirit of the accord. According to
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Returned as leader but not as party president. Appointed leader by party executive on 10 June; appointment ratified by the party's general council on 1 July.
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Beaulieu relinquished the party leadership on 10 June 2015 but remained party president. Also served as interim leader from 13 June 2018 to 17 January 2019.
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as party leader. Plamondon, the longest-serving member of the Commons, served as parliamentary leader during Paillé's tenure as he did not have a seat.
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which some considered to have exceeded expectations. The BQ increased its number of seats from 10 in 2015, to 32 seats in 2019, both over taking the
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passed party financing legislation that resulted in the Bloc receiving millions of dollars in subsidies that helped to stabilize its organization.
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in parts of Quebec, particularly in and around Quebec City, led to the Bloc losing eight seats to the Tories. Coupled with an additional loss to
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and internal dissent forced him to step down. Duceppe announced the next day that he was withdrawing from the race, and that he would support
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to choose a permanent successor to Duceppe began on 17 September 2011 and concluded on 11 December with the election of former MP for
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French and English, Bouchard had discovered that most of his large caucus could not speak English well enough to use it in debate.
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On 28 February 2018, seven of the Bloc's ten MPs quit the party's caucus to form the Groupe parlementaire québécois (later called
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replaced Bellavance as leader in the House of Commons. Party vice president Annie Lessard was the acting president of the party.
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was named leader on 17 January 2019. Since Blanchet became leader the BQ has seen their support increasing in Quebec during the
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On 26 March 2011, Bloc Québécois leader Duceppe stated that Conservative leader Stephen Harper had in 2004 tried to form a
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served as interim leader and party president following Duceppe's resignation until the party's 2011 leadership election.
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would not be expelled from the party for quitting the caucus, inviting them to return to the caucus in the future. A
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M. O. Dickerson; Thomas Flanagan; M. O. Dickerson; Brenda O'Neill; Thomas Flanagan; Brenda O'Neill (11 March 2009).
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from Canada and campaigns exclusively within the province during federal elections. The party has been described as
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Lucien Bouchard has been the leader of both parties. Michel Gauthier, once Bloc's leader, was a PQ member of the
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Political Choice Matters: Explaining the Strength of Class and Religious Cleavages in Cross-National Perspective
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Political Choice Matters: Explaining the Strength of Class and Religious Cleavages in Cross-National Perspective
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Gilles Duceppe announced on 11 May 2007 that he would run for the leadership of the Parti Québécois to replace
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An incomplete list of Bloc Québécois political positions. Among other things the Bloc Québécois has advocated:
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was acting leader in the House of Commons until 26 February 2014, when he declared his candidacy for leader.
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officially endorsed the Bloc, despite earlier calling the party useless. Several incumbent PQ MNAs including
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on secession from Canada. As with most parties, it has gained and lost prominent supporters over the years.
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until 2011, the Bloc was the largest party in Quebec and either the second- or third-largest party in the
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on 13 August 1990. He ran as an independent, since the Bloc had not been registered as a federal party.
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On 12 August 2014, the caucus was reduced to three MPs when the Bloc's interim parliamentary leader,
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with Harper as prime minister. Both Bloc and Conservative officials denied Layton's accusations.
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The Bloc Québécois held a leadership confidence vote in May 2023. Blanchet won 97% of the vote.
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he was fired by Prime Minister Mulroney. Bouchard was joined by five of his fellow Tories (
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By winning only four seats, the Bloc failed to reach the minimum of 12 seats required for
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The day after the referendum, Parizeau announced his pending resignation as PQ leader and
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Beaulieu relinquished the party leadership on 10 June 2015 but remained party president.
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Duceppe resigned as party leader after the 2011 election, in which he lost his own seat.
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was also given a meeting with Clinton in order to defuse Bouchard's separatist leverage.
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The Conservative Party won a plurality of seats in the House of Commons, thus forming a
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Gilles Duceppe became the first Bloc MP in 1990; he served as leader from 1997 to 2011.
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in a Montreal hotel. On 9 September 2004, the three signed a letter addressed to then-
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after being elected BQ leader and intended to serve out her term as an MNA until the
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As the only candidate to have entered the race by 15 January 2019 deadline, former
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had been a cabinet minister in the federal Progressive Conservative government of
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and consider all of your options before exercising your constitutional authority.
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The Bloc seeks to create the conditions necessary for the political secession of
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Paillé stepped down as leader on 16 December 2013 because of health reasons. A
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The election of such a relatively large number of Bloquistes was the first of
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The Bloc continued to slide in most of the 2003 opinion polls following the
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Warren Caragata in Ottawa with Carl Mollins in Washington (6 March 1995).
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Bloc Québécois – Canadian Political Parties and Political Interest Groups
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that acts as a party in the legislature, but does not contest elections
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At the end of November 2008, the Bloc indicated that it would support a
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Social Policy in Challenging Times: Economic Crisis and Welfare Systems
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Teaching About Hegemony: Race, Class and Democracy in the 21st Century
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Stepped down as leader on 16 December 2013 because of health reasons.
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Suzanne Proulx
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Republicanism
Social democracy
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