MPs, feds tout collaboration after Quebec elects sovereigntist PQ government 

On the Hill, ministers and MPs push back on suggestions that the new minority Parti Québécois government will affect Ottawa's relationship with Quebec City, even though the PQ leader has pledged to hold a sovereignty referendum after Donald Trump leaves the U.S. presidency.
Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon will become Quebec's next premier after securing 59 seats in Quebec's National Assembly on Oct. 5.

Government ministers and MPs from across parties all shared one message on Parliament Hill the day after Quebecers elected the sovereigntist Parti Québécois to lead a minority government: willingness to collaborate with the province. 

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