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“…s Premier Danielle Smith looks to turn the page on the vote that has unleashed a torrent of anger toward her in a province set to go to the polls next year, the most entrenched of the independence leaders want a second referendum — this time on her…”

“MONTREAL - Quebec voters elected a Parti Québécois minority government Monday, possibly paving the way for another sovereignty referendum.”

“Although his party fell short of the 64 seats needed to form a majority in Quebec’s national assembly, St-Pierre Plamondon could be well positioned to work with the sovereigntist Québec solidaire party to plan a third referendum on independence in Quebec.”

“MONTREAL - The Parti Québécois has won a minority government, completing a dramatic political comeback and paving the way for an eventual third sovereignty referendum.”

“…a similar vote two years earlier, voters narrowly approved the government’s plan to reform the church-run education system. —- 1995 — Quebec sovereignty A razor-thin majority rejected the idea of the province leaving Confederation and becoming its own…”

“Having spent more than two decades pushing for independence, Morgan told rallygoers that he planned to keep up his fight regardless of whether they earned 10 or 90 per cent of support in the referendum.”

“Atlantic Canadians were traumatized back in the 1980s and ‘90s at the prospect of being severed from central and Western Canada during the two referendum votes in Quebec.”

“Ford’s bluntness works well enough when he’s taunting Trump, or, say, hectoring Alberta’s premier over her tortuous strategy on sovereignty in the province’s Oct. 19 referendum.”

“(Plamondon has said Quebec won’t hold a referendum on sovereignty until Donald Trump is no longer the American president, but he hasn’t put the plan away forever.) Carney fell back on his “Canada is working” refrain, which he said applied to Quebec, Alberta…”

“There was a one-hour wait for sparring on sovereignty and a referendum.”