# Extraordinary result in Quebec

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extraordinary-result-in-quebec/1033632>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [October 6, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extraordinary-result-in-quebec/1033632 "2026-10-06T23:53:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extraordinary-result-in-quebec/1033632/2 "2026-10-07T00:00:14Z")

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> [@Hari\_Seldon](#):
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> Yesterday (Oct. 5) there was an election and they were totally wiped out: zero seats. The separatist party PQ (Parti Quebecois) won a plurality but 5 short of a majority. They have promised a referendum on independence, but will need at least 5 more votes to carry that out.

Good. I want Quebec to leave Canada. Canada kowtows way too much to the 20% or so of Francophone residents. For example the Governor General is expected to be Francophone alternating with Anglophone- but it really should be a Francophone Governor general 1/4 of the time, not half.

And the harassment Anglophone residents of Quebec get is intolerable.

> **[Bonjour-Hi Québec](https://www.facebook.com/BonjourHiQuebec/posts/i-read-shit-like-this-and-it-seriously-makes-me-want-to-throw-upi-think-we-shoul/3197305037191294/)**
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> I read shit like this, and it seriously makes me want to throw up...I think we should take out a class action on the continuous harassment of Anglophones in this province...it just gets too much...

[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/quebec-language-police-harassing-small-town-1.179482](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/quebec-language-police-harassing-small-town-1.179482)

> Store owners in a small town in West Quebec say they’re sick of being harassed by that province’s language inspectors.
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> Shawville is a predominantly anglophone community on the Ottawa River. Most business owners there advertise with English or bilingual signs. That prompts frequent visits from the language inspectors.
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> “They send these fines. And if you don’t do anything, they leave it for a year and they start over again. It’s just something on your mind all the time. People are starting to get a little upset about it,” says Barry Murray a Shawville store owner.

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