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Canada

Ottawa begins to consider the possibility of a Quebec referendum

People wear miniature Quebec flags in their hair during the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day parade in Montreal, Tuesday, June 24, 2025.

The Parti Québécois’s dominance in the polls for nearly two years and its leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon’s promise to hold a referendum on Quebec sovereignty during his first term have reverberated all the way to Ottawa.