# How did Quebec separatists win if most Quebecers oppose separation?

https://mins.news/en/item/88895

- CBC News, 2026-10-07 00:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7371995?cmp=rss

> Quebec has elected a separatist party provincially for the first time in more than a decade, despite most Quebecers opposing secession from Canada. Andrew Chang explains how the incumbent Coalition Avenir Québec’s decline helped lift the Parti Québécois and leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, and why voters treated sovereignty as a separate issue.

## Stories

- [Quebec Party Elections and Independence Debate](https://mins.news/en/topic/quebec-parti-quebecois-election-and-separatism) — Markdown: https://mins.news/en/topic/quebec-parti-quebecois-election-and-separatism.md

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