Quebec Premier-designate François Legault reacts as he is greeted by his newly-elected candidates the day after winning the provincial election on October 2, 2018 in Quebec City. Legault’s win represents a huge change in Quebec politics, Chantal Hébert writes. In less than a decade, Quebec voters have crushed the two parties that together made up the political arm of the sovereignty movement. As of Monday’s vote, the Parti Québécois holds one fewer seat in the national assembly than the Bloc Québécois in the House of Commons. Article Continued BelowThe next four years will tell whether the two sovereigntist factions in the national assembly can overcome quasi-irreconcilable ideological differences to craft a common political vehicle for sovereignty.

Source: thestar October 02, 2018 18:48 UTC