Article: Bouchard set to take up Quebec separatist fight

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 ...

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