The Texas Nationalist Movement issued the following press release.
Quebec voters on Monday elected a Parti Québécois government, the first since 2012, according to a projection by CBC News. The party’s leader, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, will become premier. With 73 percent of polling stations reporting, the preliminary count from Élections Québec had the party leading in 60 of the National Assembly’s 127 ridings. A majority takes 64, and late Monday that was still too close to call.
The Parti Québécois told voters what it would do with the office. “Yes, a Parti Québécois government will consult Quebecers on the independence of Quebec during its first term if it is elected,” St-Pierre Plamondon said in a statement on August 18. The translation from the French is TNM’s. In the same statement he committed his government to holding no referendum before January 20, 2029.
The Texas Nationalist Movement takes no side in Quebec’s party politics and does not endorse parties or candidates, in Quebec or in Texas. Its position is on the principle: a people has the right to decide its own political status.
Quebecers have answered the question twice before. In 1980, 59.56 percent voted No. In 1995, the No side won 50.58 percent to 49.42 percent, on a turnout above 93 percent.
Texans have answered a version of it once. On October 13, 1845, they voted to join the union, 7,664 to 430. They have not been asked since whether that membership should continue. Article I, Section 2 of the Texas Constitution says the people of Texas have “at all times the inalienable right to alter, reform or abolish their government.” The Texas Independence Referendum Act would put the question on the Texas ballot, and TNM expects it to be filed again when the 90th Texas Legislature convenes in January 2027.
“The Parti Québécois put the question of independence to Quebecers in 1980 and again in 1995, and tonight Quebecers elected a government that has promised to ask them a third time,” said Daniel Miller, President of the Texas Nationalist Movement. “We don’t pick governments in Quebec, and we aren’t about to start. However, we’ve always stood with any people who want to settle their future at the ballot box, and whatever Quebecers decide, the decision will be theirs. Texans haven’t been asked since 1845. In short, if Quebec can put the question to its people, so can Texas. The Legislature can send it to the ballot in 2027, and it should.”
This press release was issued on October 5, 2026 and is published at thetnm.org.
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