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Leckey said the bill has come at a tense time for Quebeckers, pointing to the recent cases of young Muslims from Montreal allegedly trying to flee the city for the Middle East to fight with the so-called Islamic State.

In other words, the bill does nothing to protect the state from religious influence, a crucial principle for Quebeckers," Agnès Maltais, the Parti Quebecois spokesperson on religious neutrality, said in a statement.

When asked two years ago by the Centre for Research and Information for Canada, 55% of Quebeckers asked refused to describe themselves as either sovereigntists or federalists, with 29% claiming to be somewhere between the two and 26% claiming to be neither.

For although a majority of Quebeckers say they would vote yes if such a referendum were held, many also say, paradoxically, that they are not at present in favour of holding one.This puzzle highlights the quandary of the Péquistes.

But he also tapped a wider desire for change.Like an increasing number of Quebeckers, Mr Dumont refuses to define himself as either a federalist or a separatist.

That may prove unwise: a recent online poll found that 79% of Quebeckers oppose raising income taxes to pay for universities.

First he alienated French-speaking Quebeckers, for whom preserving their culture is important, by sneering at artists who receive government grants.

A lot of Quebeckers who see the PQ as a desirable government for their province, and may support independence in some abstract way, have little appetite for another bout of angst and turmoil of the sort that convulsed Quebec and divided families and friends in the referendums of 1980 and 1995.

To regain the trust of Quebeckers, the Liberals will have to show "honesty, integrity and a deep respect for taxpayers' dollars", says Mr Martin, whose own seat is in Quebec.Elsewhere, surprisingly little changed.

Mr Charest responded with a strict law requiring advance notice for public protests and fining groups blocking access to classrooms up to C$125,000.A majority of Quebeckers have backed the premier's hard line.

In a referendum on independence 49.42% of Quebeckers voted yes.