MONTREAL , April 8 (UPI) -- Canada’s Parti Quebecois, which has promoted a separatist agenda for Quebec province which includes plans for sovereignty, lost spectacularly in the general election Monday.
The Liberal Party, forced out of office only 19 months ago, swept back into power by winning 70 of Quebec’s 125 parliamentary seats and 41.31 percent of the vote. The PQ won 30 of the seats with 25.39 percent of the vote.