Quebec Separatist Leader Says Independent Quebec Would Join 32-Member NATO
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Updated · Bloomberg · May 14
Quebec Separatist Leader Says Independent Quebec Would Join 32-Member NATO
6 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 14
Montreal speech remarks by Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon put NATO membership at the center of his case for an independent Quebec.
Plamondon said he is convinced the alliance would accept Quebec if it broke away from Canada, declaring that “an independent Quebec will be a member of NATO.”
The intervention came in a speech focused on international relations, signaling an effort to address how a sovereign Quebec would position itself on defense and foreign policy.
The comments add a security-alliance dimension to Quebec’s long-running sovereignty debate by arguing independence would not leave the province isolated internationally.
Could an independent Quebec meet NATO's costly defence targets after a potentially messy divorce from Canada?
Is Montreal's bid for a NATO bank a backdoor audition for Quebec's entry into the military alliance?