Parti communiste du Québec (sovereigntist)
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Parti communiste du Québec
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| Leader | André Parizeau |
| Founded | 2005 (DGEQ) |
| Dissolved | 2012 (DGEQ) Still active as an organization |
| Ideology | Marxism-Leninism |
| Colours | Red |
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The Parti communiste du Québec (PCQ) is a name of a political organization, and political party from 2005 to 2012, in Quebec which split from the Communist Party of Canada aligned Communist Party of Quebec (PCQ-PCC) in 2005 at a national convention on the question of Quebec independence. However, as of 2012, there is no registered political party with this name.
From 2006 to July 30, 2012, the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec authorized a Quebec political party led by André Parizeau to use the name "Parti communiste du Québec". However, this authorization was withdrawn because the party no longer had one hundred card-carrying members.[1][2]. Since then this group has left Quebec Solidaire.
The UFP agreed to place the question of Quebec independence as interwined with social or class issues. This was hotly debated as the party transformed into Québec solidaire. The debate moved over into the PCQ as well. These positions were questioned by the Quebec leader of the party, André Parizeau, who formulated a series of amendments in support of immediate independence in 2004 which were rejected by both the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Quebec party (by a vote of 4-2) the by the Central Executive Committee of the Canadian party (by a vote of 7-1).
In January 2005, Parizeau wrote a letter to PCQ members declaring that the party was in crisis and, describing the four NEC members who opposed his amendments as a pro-federalist "Gang of Four", he summarily dismissed them. Although his Quebec nationalist point of view held a majority at the PCQ's convention of April 2005, who was granted voting rights was highly disputed. Parizeau was subsequently expelled by the Party. Around the same time, his group announced their withdrawal from the CPC.
However, after a dispute where both groups presented documentation, the official Directeur général des élections du Québec on April 3, 2006, recognizecd the Parti communiste du Québec led by André Parizeau.[3]
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