Yesterday, the people of Quebec headed to the voting booths for their provincial elections. \u00a0Due to the extremely cold weather, voter turnout was not great, but a majority liberal government was elected. \u00a0Besidesthe independent candidates, candidates from 9 different political parties could be found on the ballot. \u00a0These parties are Action d\u00e9mocratique du Qu\u00e9bec, Parti durable du Qu\u00e9bec, Parti ind\u00e9pendantiste, Parti lib\u00e9ral du Qu\u00e9bec, Parti marxiste-l\u00e9niniste du Qu\u00e9bec, Parti qu\u00e9becois, Parti r\u00e9publique du Qu\u00e9bec, Parti vert du Qu\u00e9bec and Qu\u00e9bec solidaire. \u00a0As can be seen, many of the parties are quite liberal and you even have separatist parties as is often the case with provinces or regions like Qu\u00e9bec that have such strong cultural roots that are not very much in line with the rest of the country. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Qu\u00e9bec was founded in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 after France ceded the colony of Canada to Great Britain through the Treaty of Paris, thereby ending the Seven Years’ War. \u00a0The only official language in the province of Qu\u00e9bec is French and just like France, it has a civil law legal system. \u00a0Civil law legal systems as opposed to Anglo-Saxon common law systems are often found in Europe as they derive from Roman law. \u00a0And nationalism plays a very large role in its politics. \u00a0The Canadian House of Commons has officially recognized the province as ‘a nation within a united Canada”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yesterday, the people of Quebec headed to the voting booths for their provincial elections. \u00a0Due to the extremely cold weather, voter turnout was not great, but a majority liberal government was elected. \u00a0Besidesthe independent candidates, candidates from 9 different political parties could be found on the ballot. \u00a0These parties are Action d\u00e9mocratique du Qu\u00e9bec, Parti…<\/p>\n