“The fact that we are moving towards becoming a country is generating a lot of diplomatic activity in Quebec,” said PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon on Thursday, as he presented a summary of the international section of his Blue Book on a sovereign Quebec.
He said he has had several meetings with foreign representatives so far and is even planning a tour of the United States in early 2026.
“People (in the United States) have questions about how things are evolving,” he explained at a press conference at the Château Frontenac.
The choice of location was not insignificant. To discuss Quebec’s place in the world, he said he chose this hotel because it was where the Quebec Conferences between Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt took place in 1943 and 1944.
St-Pierre Plamondon declined to disclose the content of the diplomatic exchanges or the identities of the representatives he met with.
However, he did say that he meets with members of the diplomatic corps at his office almost every week.
Quebec would have representation in twice as many countries after a potential Parti Québécois government comes to power, the document states.
Quebec currently has a network of representations, offices, delegations, and branches in nearly 19 countries.
A PQ government would therefore set the bar at at least 38, including Vietnam, Switzerland, Ireland, and others.
A cost/benefit analysis would be conducted to determine the countries most likely to allow Quebec to maximize economic benefits and diplomatic influence, according to the document.
The PQ aims to achieve Quebec’s independence by holding a referendum during its first term.
In the document, the party states that it wants Quebec to be one of the countries best prepared to assume its independence in diplomatic matters.
This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews
