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Article: Bouchard set to take up Quebec separatist fight
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 3, 1995
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HUGH WINSOR
Ottawa
They are calling him St Lucien for the way he could apparently
do no wrong as he raised the Quebec sovereignty movement from near
death during the referendum campaign. Now it appears 90 per cent
certain that Lucien Bouchard will continue the independence
pilgrimage as the new leader of the provincial government in
Quebec.
Mr Bouchard, who leads the Bloc Quebecois party in the federal
parliament and is leader of the opposition, made it clear yesterday
that he and the separatists do not accept the outcome of this
week's referendum on sovereignty for Quebec, which the federalists
won by half a percentage point. "The referendum," he said, "showed
that sovereignty has gained 20 ...