Quebec Elects Separatist Premier, Delivering Carney a Fresh National Test
Quebec’s election has returned a separatist premier to power, reviving one of Canada’s most consequential constitutional fault lines and immediately complicating Prime Minister Mark Carney’s political agenda. The result falls short of a clear mandate for independence, but it is strong enough to reinsert sovereignty into the national debate and unsettle markets, federal-provincial relations, and Ottawa’s economic priorities.
