Quebec has elected a sovereignist government for the first time in 14 years. The Parti Québécois captured 59 of the 127 National Assembly seats in Monday night's provincial vote, a minority government that returns the party to power for the first time since 2012.
Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon will become premier on a pledge to consult Quebecers on independence — though he has ruled out holding a referendum while Donald Trump is president. The governing Coalition Avenir Québec was wiped out, winning zero seats in a stunning collapse.
Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke with Plamondon on Tuesday morning and pledged to work with the incoming premier on Canadian sovereignty, setting up a delicate federal-provincial relationship with an independence-minded government in Quebec City.
