The expert pointed to Trump's ability to influence the separation of Quebec from Canada.

US President Donald Trump's encroachments on Canada's sovereignty may play a decisive role in the upcoming elections in Quebec, where one of the main contenders for victory is the Quebec Party, which promises to hold a referendum on the province's withdrawal from the country. This opinion was expressed on August 6 by Sebastian Daller, Executive vice president of Leger Marketing, a sociological company.

"Donald Trump will be a key factor," the expert told Bloomberg.

According to Dallaire, Trump's statements about Canada, which he threatened to make the "51st US state," as well as his encroachment on the Danish island of Greenland, reinforce the fears of Quebec residents that independence is fraught with vulnerability to the ambitions of the leader in neighboring Washington.

Bloomberg notes that, according to the latest opinion polls, the Quebec Party is leading in the upcoming elections to the provincial National Assembly in October and is in the best position to form a government.

At the same time, independence from Ottawa is supported by about 30% of the population of Quebec. Regardless of the possible results of such a vote, the very holding of the referendum will threaten the waning authority of Prime Minister Mark Carney, the article says. In addition to Quebec, the independence movement is also gaining popularity in the wealthy province of Alberta.

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