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September 5, 2012

Parti Quebecois Looking for a Fight

L. Ian MacDonald, Montreal Gazette

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the PQ has made it clear that it plans to pick a series of fights with Ottawa, claiming full provincial sovereignty over shared jurisdictions such as culture, telecommunications, manpower and immigration. Make no mistake: an era of peace and relative harmony in Ottawa-Quebec relations is coming to an abrupt end.

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TAGGED: Pauline Marois, Canada, Quebec, Parti Quebecois

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