Climat Québec is a minor

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in the Canadian province of

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founded in 2021 by former Marois cabinet minister and leader of the Bloc Québécois

Martine Ouellet Martine Ouellet (born April 8, 1969) is a Canadian politician who served as leader of the Bloc Québécois from 2017 to 2018. She was the Minister of Natural Resources in the Quebec government from 2012 to 2014. Ouellet was first elected to the ...

. The party contested the

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by-election in April 2022, triggered by the resignation of Catherine Fournier, with Ouellet as its candidate. She received 1.9% of the vote, earning 6th place of 12 candidates in the by-election.

Ideology

Similarly to the

Parti Québécois The Parti Québécois (; ; PQ) is a sovereignist and social democratic provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. The PQ advocates national sovereignty for Quebec involving independence of the province of Quebec from Canada and establishin ...

, which Ouellet was once part of, and

Québec solidaire Québec solidaire (QS; ) is a democratic socialist and sovereigntist political party in Quebec, Canada. The party and media outlets in Canada usually use the name "Québec solidaire" in both French and English, but the party's name is sometimes ...

, Climat Québec positions itself on the centre-left of the Canadian political spectrum but intends to focus on the

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and secession of Quebec from Canada.

References

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