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Separatist party projected to win Quebec election, adding new test to Canada's unity

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The Parti Québécois, which secured a minority, has vowed to hold an independence referendum in the years to come.

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France 24 and the South China Morning Post frame the story almost identically, both leading with Quebec voting amid a separatist surge and both tying that to a test of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s message of national unity. The only noticeable difference is wording: the South China Morning Post’s headline specifies a provincial election, while France 24’s does not. Both extracts also mention Carney’s popularity in Quebec and the Parti Quebecois as the possible beneficiary.

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