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Article: Bouchard Takes Office As Premier of Quebec; Separatist Pledges Economic Emphasis
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- The Washington Post
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- January 30, 1996
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Lucien Bouchard took office as the new leader of Quebec today
and pledged to set the province's teetering economic house in order
before resuming the fight for independence from Canada that his
allies nearly won in a referendum three months ago.
As he took over in Quebec City, Bouchard made a speech
devoted almost entirely to issues of economic revitalization and
deficit reduction in the heavily indebted province. In addition, he
made brief conciliatory noises toward his separatist government's
political opponents in Quebec and English-speaking Canada.
But the new premier sounded also as if Quebec's independent
destiny were assured, saying that the rest of Canada is already ...