Overview
- Hundreds marched through downtown Montreal on Saturday calling for Quebec independence ahead of the 30th anniversary of the 1995 referendum.
- OUI Québec’s president reported accelerating Gen Z involvement and framed the effort as citizen-led and non-partisan, with some youth linking sovereignty to climate action and cultural preservation.
- Student organizers said a Quebec-wide pro-independence coalition on campuses expanded from five clubs to 22 in about a year.
- Québec Solidaire MNAs Manon Massé and Ruba Ghazal joined the rally, as the Parti Québécois remains ahead in polls and aims for a third referendum by 2030.
- Quebec Liberal Leader Pablo Rodriguez warned an independent Quebec would be economically weaker, citing loss of G7 status and the need to renegotiate trade deals.