Allegations of US interference in Quebec election

ilamont

The report by Quebecor media quoted two unnamed sources from Fréchette’s government who said American government officials had attempted to negotiate tariffs with Quebec directly. This incident aside, doesn't Quebec already have special rights within the confederation to manage certain international relationships? E.g. quasi-diplomatic General Delegation in Paris, Francophone offices overseas, certain aspects of immigration to Quebec?

norrsson

This story is evolving rapidly as some evidence is showing up that it's the CAQ (the party currently in power) that first tried to push the existence of the DARC blog post to the journalists, then informed CSIS when they didn't report it since it seems to be just one blog post from a think tank, not a coordinated effort. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2287702/caq-scrs-ingere...

slopinthebag

she later came out and admitted it was basically made up as a desperate last attempt before the election. everyone in quebec is pissed at her lol https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2287644/frechette-inger...

bethekidyouwant

It appears that the interference is actually by the federal liberals to benefit their own provincial branch by disparaging the clear leaders in the current race.

jleyank

Similar arguments from Alberta re funding and assisting separatist movements to peel the province away from Canada. Small things are easier to digest.