Parti Quebecois and Rene Levesque

Rene Levesque: Following the defeat of the Parti Quebecois in Mondays election, it is fitting to quote the PQs founder, Rene Levesque, who spoke those words to a jubilant crowd on the night of his election as premier in 1976, according to The Star. With this election result, it is fair to say that Quebecers have now unequivocally rejected the politics of division, fear, xenophobia and small-mindedness peddled by the demagogues of the PQ. And for that, even Levesque himself might have been proud and J ai jamais pense que je pourrais tre aussi fier d tre Quebecois. I never thought that I could be more proud to be a Quebecer. Rene Levesque Although Levesque would hardly recognize his party today, his victory marked the beginning of the modern sovereignty movement in Quebec a movement that may have just witnessed its coup de grace as a serious threat to Canadian unity and to Quebecs prosperity. Since 1994, with the exception of the 2008 election, the PQ has seen its share of the popular vote decline in every campaign, falling from 44 per cent to 25 per cent over the 20-year period. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.