Jean-François Lisée

Quebec’s seriously odd, strangely important election

Paul Wells: Even the most staunchly federalist or sovereignist observers have, over the years, yearned for a normal Quebec election. And then they almost got one.

Bonjour! Hi! Let us discuss language politics

Paul Wells on the Quebec National Assembly’s farcical motion about how merchants should greet their customers

To the new PQ leader: Good luck.

Jean-François Lisée takes over the Parti Québécois at a time when it seems the party has nowhere to go but down

The PQ’s biggest threat? Itself.

As the Parti Québécois looks for a new leader, even long-time separatists are wary of independence talk

The danger in Twitter campaigns

Paul Wells: You can’t win an election in 140 characters or less

Big Quebec, little Quebec

Wells: The party of hope often wins in Quebec. This year, that’s not the PQ

No wonder the PQ doesn’t want to talk about sovereignty

Paul Wells on the legal realities no one is talking about on the campaign trail

The charter of values: Old dogs, nous tricks

Paul Wells on why it’s make-or-break for the entire sovereignty movement

Charter of values: Old dogs, nous tricks

Paul Wells on why it’s make-or-break for the entire sovereignty movement

Jean-Francois Lisee: Montreal needs you

The PQ minister has little to offer in Montreal’s moment of crisis

The PQ becomes a Jacques Parizeau cargo cult

The arrival of a Parizeau acolyte and a Parizeau biographer at Marois’s side is vindication

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Sarkozy: Mr. Lisée is disappointed

Thanks to Norman Spector for sending me a note pointing out this op-ed in Le Monde, in which Jean-François Lisée explains to the folks in France how disappointing Nicolas Sarkozy’s recent comments on Quebec separatism were.