Alberta and Quebec independence efforts not to be ‘linked,’ say Bloc, as PQ meets with Alberta separatists  

Poll analyst Philippe Fournier says Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet is more progressive than his provincial counterpart, which is driving the two parties' different approaches to Alberta.
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, left, Bloc Québécois MPs Yves Perron and Christine Normandin, and Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon.

The Bloc Québécois is trying to distance Quebec’s separatism movement from Alberta’s, saying the two situations shouldn’t be “linked,” despite the Parti Québécois, the Bloc's provincial sister party, actively meeting with separatists from the western province....

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