Leadership hopeful questions NDP policy on Quebec secession

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NDP leadership hopeful Romeo Saganash is questioning one of his party's signature policies: its insistence that a bare majority referendum vote would be sufficient to trigger negotiations on Quebec secession.

The Cree MP, who represents a vast Northern Quebec riding, is doubtful the 50-per-cent-plus-one threshold is consistent with the Supreme Court's 1998 opinion on the matter.

“I don't know to what extent is that the proper interpretation of the Supreme Court's opinion,” Saganash said Thursday in a wide-ranging interview with The Canadian Press.

“The Supreme Court said it has to be a clear response to a clear question.”

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