Is another referendum inevitable? Ottawa is watching
Questions remain about whether Legault’s resignation will change his own party’s fortunes, let alone the next election’s results — and that big, looming question about a third referendum on Quebec’s place in Canada.
No matter what today’s bombshell spells for election night, sources who spoke to Radio-Canada last month say senior officials with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government have been discussing how to react.
“We’re not going to wait for the possible election of the Parti Québécois to get organized and wake up and say, ‘What are we going to do?'” a Liberal source familiar with the file said at the time.
They added the government needs to “show that Canada works” and “promote the benefits of the federation to Quebecers.”
The Official Opposition is watching, too. A Conservative Party source told Rad-Can they believe that it is “in our interest to start talking about it subtly.”
