Voters in Quebec headed to the polls yesterday in an election that may see a separatist party return to power, potentially placing the French-speaking province on course for another referendum to break away from Canada.
Liberal leader Jean Charest, who has headed Quebec for nearly a decade, called an early election on August 1, and has trailed in the polls to Pauline Marois's Parti Quebecois (PQ).
But some polls show Ms Marois – who could become the province's first female premier – may not have enough votes to obtain a majority of the seats in the Quebec Assembly, undermining efforts to hold a referendum on separation.
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