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Shooting Interrupts Canadian Election Pauline Marois Victory Speech
- Published_at:2012-09-05
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:loudmothcha44
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- description: The separatist Parti Quebecois has won parliamentary elections in the Canadian French-speaking province of Quebec. Preliminary results indicate the party is on course to win 58 of the 125 seats and form a minority government after nine years in opposition. As results came, PQ leader Pauline Marois' victory speech was disrupted by a shooting in which one person was killed and another wounded. Police cleared the hall and arrested a man, before the meeting continued. Pauline Marois was rushed off the stage in Montreal although the gunman's target was unclear. The suspect was heard shouting "The English are waking up", as he was led away in handcuffs. The shooting marred PQ celebrations. It is unclear whether the party's victory will lead to a new referendum on separation from the rest of Canada. Previous PQ governments held such votes in 1980 and 1995, but both failed. Popular support within Quebec for a similar referendum is low, says the BBC's Lee Carter in Toronto, but PQ leader Pauline Marois says she would still hold one if the "winning conditions are right". The PQ is set to return to power after nine years She has listed a series of demands for Canadian PM Stephen Harper if her party gains power, including further strengthening of laws to protect Quebec's French language and identity. "I would like to have the responsibility about the linguistic policy - about the French policy on the territory of Quebec. About culture, about communication and we would like to have the responsibility of the unemployment programme." Ms Marois, 63, will now become the province's first female premier.
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