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‘It'd be a disaster,’ Ford says if separatist party elected in Quebec

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January 29, 2026

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At a news conference in Ottawa on Wednesday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford told reporters it would be a ‘disaster’ if separatists were elected in Quebec, and that it’s important ‘to be a united Canada right now.’ The separatist Parti Québécois, led by Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, is leading in the polls ahead of the province's fall election.

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