OTTAWA — Parti Québécois Chief Paul St-Pierre Plamondon advised leaders of Alberta’s pro-independence motion that he’ll acknowledge a free and unbiased Alberta if he turns into Quebec’s Premier, the Nationwide Put up has realized.
Plamondon’s workplace confirms that he met with three leaders of the pro-independence Alberta Prosperity Challenge (APP)
— Mitch Sylvestre, Dennis Modry and Jeffrey Rath — in Calgary on Thursday night and affirmed his assist for an unbiased Alberta.
He additionally indicated that his authorities will again Alberta in separation negotiations with Ottawa, if a provincial referendum on independence succeeds.
Plamondon was in Calgary to kick off a two-day go to to Alberta.
Rath stated he was “pleasantly shocked” by how like-minded Plamondon was with regards to federal bloat and overreach.
“He appears to have come to the very same conclusions that we now have about provincial fiscal capability being absorbed and wasted by way of the grossly bloated federal paperwork in Ottawa,” stated Rath.
Plamondon has been
in “wasteful” federal spending to Quebec’s coffers as premier.
Rath stated that the viewers with the PQ chief underscores the APP’s “important management position” within the Alberta independence motion.
He added that Quebec’s backing may very well be a recreation changer in post-referendum negotiations with Ottawa.
“If you happen to put Alberta and Quebec collectively, that’s greater than a 3rd of Canada’s inhabitants getting the ball rolling from the beginning,” stated Rath.
Rath stated he wasn’t nervous about ideological or cultural variations derailing his group’s budding alliance with the social democratic PQ.
“What actually struck me from that assembly yesterday is that there’s way more that unites us than divides us. And the massive factor that we actually have in widespread is being fed up with our (provincial) economies being raided by people in Ottawa who’re solely taken with taking as a lot cash as they’ll,” stated Rath.
He added he’d gladly return the favour when the time comes and acknowledge an unbiased Quebec.
“(Quebec’s) entitled to no matter type of democracy they wish to have,” stated Rath.
Plamondon stated earlier on Thursday, at a chat on the College of Calgary’s College of Public Coverage, that Alberta’s future in Canada is “as much as Albertans.”
He additionally
praised Alberta Premier Danielle Smith
for “play(ing) her playing cards very effectively” in representing Alberta’s pursuits on the nationwide stage.
The PQ is
effectively forward within the polls
with a provincial election anticipated for subsequent fall. Plamondon has promised to carry a referendum on Quebec’s independence in his first time period as premier.
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