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The province of Quebec lies in the east-central of the country Canada. It is a predominantly French speaking province and consequently, French is its sole official language. Quebec is the second most populated province in Canada after Ontario; and by area it is the largest province in the country. It is bordered by Ontario, Hudson Bay and James Bay provinces to its West; Ungava Bay and Hudson Strait provinces to its North; New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and the Gulf of St. Lawrence provinces to the East; and the United States to its South boarder. The province of Quebec was, in the year 2006, recognized, by the House of Commons, as a nation within a united Canada. Its capital is in Quebec City where its parliament resides. The parliament of Quebec is composed of the Lieutenant Governor and the National Assembly. The National Assembly is led by the speaker, who is also called the president of the national assembly. It holds up to 125 members of the assembly sponsored to the house by different parties. The major parties in the house are the Parti Quebecois (PQ), which has a total of 54 seats; Parti Liberal du Quebec (PLQ), which has 50 seats; the Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ), which commands 19 seats; and Quebec Solidaire (QS), which has the least representation with just 2 members in the house.
The Parti Liberal du Quebec holds a key position in the House as it is the party that sponsors the President of the National Assembly, or the Speaker, to the House. The PLQ has earned its reputation as a party whose ideologies have consistently sought to salvage the country’s economy earning the tag “the party of the economy”. On the flip side, it has also been accused of being a federalist party. Federalism in their case is their ideological view that the province of Quebec remains within Canada. This

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