Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, leader of the Parti Québécois, has announced that any referendum on breaking away from Canada would be delayed until Donald Trump is no longer the president of the United States.
The separatist party is currently out of power but is leading in polls and is favored to win Quebec's elections in October.
Plamondon stated that this would be the worst possible time to reflect on the province's future because of Trump, noting that the independence debate has been stymied by turbulence in U.S. politics. The separatist case in Quebec has been further complicated by Trump's tariffs and his repeated talk of making Canada the 51st U.S. state.