The PQ strengthens its stance on sovereignty

In the run-up to a possible spring election the Parti Quebecois has strengthened it’s push for independence.

According to the Globe and Mail the PQ recently announced it would update over one hundred studies on Quebec sovereignty.  Included is the infamous Bélanger-Campeau papers – once used to justify the 1995 referendum.

Premier Jean Charest accused PQ leader Pauline Marois of being out of touch with the reality of Quebecers.  But the latest polls suggest support for sovereignty would be a PQ boon.

Marois’s party is thought to hold 30 per cent of the current vote while support for independence in Quebec purportedly hovers at forty per cent.

Flickr photo by: Parti Québécois (officiel)