This weekend's Parti Quebecois national council is a chance for the party to present policy proposals to its membership, which could shape the framework for the PQ's platform for next year's provincial election.
PQ leader Jean-Francois Lisee made it clear the party will be taking a softer stance on language in order to secure a mandate. Some, such as PQ Beauharnois riding association president Marc Laviolette don't agree with the new leader. Laviolette tells CTV Bill 101 needs to be even stronger than it is, and that it should be enforced at the CEGEP level.
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon ran against Lisee for the leadership of the PQ but is now a member of Lisee's outreach team. He believes the party needs to connect with Anglophone and Allophone voters. St-Pierre Plamondon says the party needs to ask those groups what they think about the PQ and what the party needs to do when it comes to governance.
Lisee once again says his party would only seek a referendum in its second mandate, meaning the earliest it would call one is in 2022. He has maintained the PQ would focus on governance should it win the next provincial election.