# Separatist party projected to win Quebec election, adding new test to Canada’s unity

https://mins.news/en/item/87362

- BBC News, 2026-10-06 02:37 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crly09gz7ew4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Canadian media project that the sovereigntist Parti Québécois will win a minority government in Quebec, making Paul St-Pierre Plamondon the incoming premier. The party has promised an independence referendum and may confront Ottawa over immigration, the monarchy and provincial powers. Its victory ends the PQ’s absence from power since 2014.

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