Denis Coderre predicts another referendum if the Parti Québécois forms the next government

Denis Coderre expects a third referendum on Quebec independence.

That's what a potential candidate for the leadership of Quebec's Liberal Party proposed in the National Assembly on Wednesday.

Montreal's former mayor launched the “Non Merci” anti-independence movement on social media on Wednesday. He predicts that the next provincial election campaign in 2026 will primarily involve the Parti-Québec separatists and the Liberal Federalists.

Coderre, also a former federal minister, attended question period in the National Assembly and then met with the media.

“The next election (in 2026) will be a federalist-separatist axis, the Liberals are the only federalist party in Quebec,” he said, perhaps intended to court the federalists and Liberals who have taken refuge in the Avenir Quebec Coalition. CAQ) during the last election.

He said his return to politics was due to the rise of the PQ and independence.

“If you don't want me to be the candidate, send a referendum,” Coderre said.

He was referring to PQ leader Paul Saint-Pierre Plamondon, who has expressed his determination to hold a referendum if the next government is formed.

“I expect there will be one,” Coderre predicted.

– This La Presse Canadienne report was translated by CityNews