DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. — Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet scored 97.25 per cent in a confidence vote at his celebration’s nationwide conference on Saturday.
It was the primary check of his management since Blanchet was acclaimed chief of the sovereigntist celebration in January 2019.
Bloc Québécois chief Yves-François Blanchet speaks to reporters through the celebration’s nationwide congress in Drummondville, Que., Sunday, May 21, 2023.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Under Blanchet, the celebration has received 32 seats in again to again federal elections in 2019 and 2021.
During a speech earlier within the day, Blanchet sought to convey collectively all sovereigntists within the completely different events, describing his celebration as a one-stop store for all sovereigntists however insisting the Parti Québécois was the celebration’s “main vehicle in Quebec.”
The members adopted a proposal to that impact, recognizing the Bloc’s position is to convey separatists of all stripes underneath one roof whereas recognizing its historic hyperlinks to the PQ, whose chief, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, addressed the conference on Friday.
More than 100 proposals are up for debate through the conference which can wrap up on Sunday in Drummondville, Que., about 100 kilometres northeast of Montreal.
