{"id":89252,"date":"2025-08-22T17:49:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T17:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/89252\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T17:49:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T17:49:21","slug":"lucien-bouchard-urges-parti-quebecois-leader-to-reconsider-promise-to-hold-referendum-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/89252\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucien Bouchard urges Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois leader to reconsider promise to hold referendum &#8211; Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Staff<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted August 21, 2025 2:52 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Former\u00a0Quebec\u00a0premier Lucien Bouchard is advising the leader of the Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois to reconsider his promise to hold a sovereignty referendum in his first mandate if he becomes premier.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755760927_148_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The former Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois leader and Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois premier made the comments in a pair of interviews on Radio-Canada on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Bouchard says PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon should \u201cthink seriously\u201d before maintaining his commitment to hold a referendum by 2030 if he wins next year\u2019s election.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755801491_712_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>The former premier suggests it could be difficult for the PQ to be elected if a referendum becomes the central campaign issue, adding that such a framing would be a \u201cgift\u201d to the\u00a0Quebec\u00a0Liberals.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11344975\/bc-ostrich-cull-supreme-court-of-canada\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755884961_656_cd707b6611f5cf5d0d2166aabb6ea94dc63d8a0fb068912fa95864abeaf2cec9.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tB.C. ostrich cull over avian flu exposure can proceed, federal appeal court 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