MONTREAL Majority Rule

majority rule: It suggests a future when the sovereigntist coalition has become so fragmented that the PQ is no longer a de facto contender for power, let alone majority rule, according to The Star. That result fit a decade-old pattern. In the four Quebec elections held between 2003 and 2012 the party averaged 32 per cent in the popular vote a 12-point drop from the average of the previous two decades and MONTREAL To grasp the root causes of the Parti Qu b coiss determination to lead the province in the minefield of religion and identity politics this fall, a look at the partys recent electoral track record is more instructive than a refreshers course in Quebec sociology. A year ago this week premier Pauline Marois barely managed to turn popular fatigue with a decade of Liberal rule into a minority mandate. When all the votes were counted only one in three had voted for the PQ. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.