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Everyone agrees that the Parti Québécois took its worst drubbing ever last year on account of Pauline Marois’s dismal campaign, Pierre Karl Péladeau’s raised fist in support of sovereignty and Bernard Drainville’s “charter of Quebec values.”

[np_storybar title=”Pierre Karl Peladeau to run in Parti Quebecois leadership race” link=”http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/11/27/pierre-karl-peladeau-to-run-in-parti-quebecois-leadership-race/”]MONTREAL — — Media magnate Pierre Karl Peladeau is entering the Parti Quebecois leadership race in a move that could eventually have major consequences on national politics.

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Peladeau made the announcement in Montreal today in response to a question from a university student as to whether he was going to seek the leadership.

He then repeated his comment from the election campaign earlier this year that he wanted to make Quebec a country.

Polls have suggested the controlling shareholder of Quebecor Inc. (TSX:QBR.B) would be the front-runner in the race to succeed Pauline Marois as leader.