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With an agenda heavy on independence and transitioning toward a green economy, Québec solidaire welcomed roughly 600 members to its 15th annual policy convention over the weekend to debate party priorities.

Under the heading “Taking power, transforming the province,” the meeting at CEGEP Édouard Montpetit in Longueuil included sessions on how a transition to separation would work and whether Quebec should create its own army once it becomes a country.

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If voted into power in 2022, party co-spokesman Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois said the party would immediately open a constituent assembly to create a new constitution for an independent Quebec that would be subject to a popular referendum. Even prior to independence, the party would seek greater powers, including diverting taxes paid to the federal government directly into Quebec coffers.

Asked whether the party risked alienating federalists, Nadeau-Dubois said it will attempt to convert non-separatists with rational arguments.