Quebec has built a strong identity that sets it apart from the rest of Canada, rooted in language, culture, and politics.

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Premier François Legault became Canada’s most popular provincial leader during the pandemic thanks to his reassuring, avuncular persona. But missteps sank his hopes for a third term.

Quebec's premier announced plans to resign on Wednesday, months ahead of an election that could see a separatist party return to power in the French-speaking province. Francois Legault, a successful ...

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Separatists in Quebec have never been to able win enough support to achieve their goal of turning Canada’s second-most populous province into its own country. Yet their dream of independence endures.