With sovereignty on the backburner, how relevant is the Parti Québécois?

A Mainstreet poll this month put the party in third, behind the CAQ and Liberals.

Jean-François Lisée, leader of the Parti Québécois, has persuaded PQ activists to set aside the referendum file until a second PQ majority mandate, in 2022 at the earliest.Photograph courtesy of Eva Blue

Opinion

BY CHANTAL HÉBERT

May 24, 2017

MONTREAL—With sovereignty on the backburner in Quebec for the foreseeable future, is there life for the Parti Québécois as a defining political force? Or is the party that nearly secured a majority pro-secession vote in 1995 running on empty now that it has put off plans for a referendum until a...

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