{"id":948168,"date":"2026-10-27T13:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T13:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/948168\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T13:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T13:02:11","slug":"quebec-accuses-ottawa-of-silencing-it-after-premier-not-allowed-to-address-canada-e-u-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/948168\/","title":{"rendered":"Quebec accuses Ottawa of silencing it after premier not allowed to address Canada-E.U. summit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon\u2019s new PQ government accuses the federal government of silencing it at the Canada-European Union summit, which will take place Thursday and Friday in Montreal.<\/p>\n

Ottawa has refused to allow St-Pierre Plamondon to speak at the summit, even though the event is taking place in Quebec, the new government laments.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the federal government is also refusing to allow Quebec to host a reception on the sidelines of the summit, something that the previous government led by Christine Fr\u00e9chette had requested on Sept. 15, a spokesperson for the PQ government said.<\/p>\n

The European Union, the spokesperson added, typically holds an Economic Leaders\u2019 Forum on the sidelines of such summits\u2014an event that Quebec could have organized, even in collaboration with the federal government.<\/p>\n

The situation is therefore \u201csurreal,\u201d according to the PQ government spokesperson, since the summit will take place \u201con Quebec soil,\u201d and discussions will center on \u201cstrategic and economic agreements\u201d\u2014some of which fall within Quebec\u2019s jurisdiction and could bind Quebec for several years\u2014without the Quebec government having any say in the matter.<\/p>\n

Marie-Claude Sarrazin, minister of justice and minister responsible for Canadian intergovernmental affairs, did not mince words in condemning the federal government\u2019s position.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018When you\u2019re not at the table, you\u2019re on the menu,\u2019 Prime Minister Carney once told us,\u201d she recalled in an official statement provided to the media. \u201cThe federal government has chosen to prevent Quebec from having a say on its own territory. This is a fundamental lack of respect toward Quebec and a denial of the role of our parliament, which reminds us of the need to be fully in charge in our own home.\u201d<\/p>\n

The PQ government also pointed out that Quebec did, in fact, have a seat at the negotiating table during the Canada\u2013European Union Free Trade Agreement (CETA) and participated in more than a hundred meetings as part of the process. There was therefore a precedent, they noted.<\/p>\n

\u201cRegardless of the agreements or treaties signed during this summit, Quebec is sovereign in its areas of jurisdiction at the international level, so it is Quebec that will have the final say,\u201d in accordance with the G\u00e9rin-Lajoie doctrine, they concluded.<\/p>\n

This snub comes after St-Pierre Plamondon refused on Monday to attend a summit organized by the federal government with Indigenous peoples and the provincial premiers\u2014a decision that Mark Carney, incidentally, deplored.<\/p>\n

In addition, St-Pierre Plamondon spoke on Monday with French President Emmanuel Macron, marking the first official contact between the two men.<\/p>\n

\u2013This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews<\/p>\n

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