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sentences that state something as happening or true
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2 of 15 hedged
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Politics
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The secessionist Parti Quebecois has won the most seats in Quebec’s election and will form the next government in the predominantly French-speaking Canadian province, according to media reports.
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Quebecois → win → reports
The result on Monday revives the question of whether the province should leave Canada, testing Prime Minister Mark Carney’s message of national unity.
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province → revive → unity
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coastguard → suspend → chances
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Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, the party’s leader, is set to become premier.
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Plamondon → rally → Ohio
During the campaign, he promised a third referendum on leaving Canada during his first term, although he said he would wait until US President Donald Trump leaves office in January 2029.
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Trump → promise → January
It was not yet clear whether the party had reached the 64 seats needed for a majority in the 127-seat National Assembly.
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party → reach → Assembly
If it falls short, it would lead a minority government and need support from opposition lawmakers to pass major legislation and survive confidence votes.
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it → fall → votes
The Parti Quebecois, or PQ, last governed the province from 2012 to 2014.
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Quebecois → govern → 2014
Monday’s victory marks a sharp recovery for the PQ, which won just three seats in the 2022 provincial election.
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which → mark → election
Its return also ends eight years in power for the Coalition Avenir Quebec, or CAQ, a centre-right Quebec nationalist party that does not support independence.
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that → end → independence
Daniel Beland, a political science professor at McGill University in Montreal, told The Associated Press news agency that the victory reflects Quebec’s multiparty system, where support is divided among several parties, rather than a surge in secessionist sentiment.
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support → tell → sentiment
Support for independence remains at about 30 percent, low by historical standards, he said.
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he → remain → standards
Still, Beland said a secessionist government in Quebec represents a new national-unity challenge for Carney, particularly with another independence-related vote approaching in Alberta.
“Seeing that a pro-independence party won in Quebec barely two weeks before an independence-related referendum takes place in Alberta might suggest to the Trump administration that national unity remains a major issue in Canada despite the popularity of Mark Carney,” Beland said.
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Beland → say → Carney
Quebec held two previous referendums on independence, in 1980 and 1995, and voters rejected secession both times.
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voters → hold → secession
The second vote was decided by a narrow margin, but there has been no further referendum in the three decades since.
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vote → decide → decades
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