André Parizeau
Who was the head of Parti communiste du Québec (sovereigntist) after Nov 2011?
Parti communiste du Québec ( sovereigntist ) The Parti communiste du Québec ( PCQ ) is a communist and sovereigntist political party registered with Élections Québec from 2005 to 2012 . It split from the Communist Party of Canada-aligned Communist Party of Quebec ( PCQ-PCC ) in 2005 at a national convention on the question of Quebec independence . From 2006 to 30 July 2012 , the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec authorized a provincial political party led by André Parizeau to use the name Parti communiste du Québec . However , this authorization was withdrawn because the party no longer had one hundred card-carrying members . In 2014 the party left Québec solidaire and now supports the Parti Québécois . The split in the PCQ . The Union des forces progressistes ( UFP ) agreed to place the question of Quebec independence as intertwined with social or class issues . This was hotly debated as the party transformed into Québec solidaire . The debate moved over into the PCQ as well . These positions were questioned by the provincial leader of the party , André Parizeau , who formulated a series of amendments in support of immediate independence in 2004 which were rejected by both the provincial National Executive Committee ( NEC ) ( by a vote of 4–2 ) and the federal Central Executive Committee ( by a vote of 7–1 ) . In January 2005 , Parizeau wrote a letter to PCQ members declaring that the party was in crisis and , describing the four NEC members who opposed his amendments as a federalist Gang of Four , he summarily dismissed them . Although his Quebec nationalist point of view held a majority at the PCQs convention of April 2005 , who was granted voting rights was highly disputed . Parizeau was subsequently expelled by the party . Around the same time , his group announced their withdrawal from the CPC . However , after a dispute where both groups presented documentation under the same name , the official Directeur général des élections du Québec on 3 April 2006 , recognized the Parti communiste du Québec led by André Parizeau . The Central Committee of the party , however , affirmed the authority of the previous Quebec National Executive Committee in 18–19 June 2005 . The non-registered CPC-aligned PCQ held a new convention which restarted a communist French-language periodical , Clarté , and later opened an office and small reading room , launched an active website , and re-affiliated with Quebec Solidaire as an organized group . They work closely with the youth and student organization , the Ligue de la jeunesse communiste du Quebec . 2007 provincial election . In 2007 the Parti communiste du Québec decided not to run candidates in the provincial election and rather to support those of Quebec Solidaire . It should be specified that , before the split , the PCQ was one of the party-founders of the UFP , interdependent ancestor of Quebec Solidaire . The nationalist PCQ decided to remain active only in order to prevent another new political formation taking its name . Parizeau , executive committee member Francis Gagnon-Bergmann and Jocelyn Parent were candidates for Quebec Solidaire in the districts of Acadie , Blainville and Mirabel . The original PCQ-PCC also participated in the 2007 elections , running three candidates under the banner of Quebec Solidaire , as well as offering its own independent perspective on the election . 2008 provincial election . Four members of the nationalist PCQ were presented as candidates in the election under the banner of Quebec solidaire ; Gagnon-Bergmann in Blainville , Parizeau in Acadie , executive member Sabrina Perreault in Terrebonne and Jean Nicolas Denis in Bellechasse . 2012 provincial election . The nationalist PCQ lost its certification as the PCQ with the Director of Elections Quebec , and failed to nominate any candidates . It advocated for a united coalition of Quebec Solidaire with the PQ and Option nationale . The original PCQ-PCC again participated in the 2007 election under the banner of Quebec Solidaire , focusing on the campaign of one candidate in Acadie ( bumping out the leader of the nationalist PCQ ) . The PCQ-PCC also presented its own independent perspective on the election and the question of voting and the student struggle . 2014 provincial election . No members of the PCQ presented themselves in the provincial election under the banner of Quebec Solidaire . The nationalist PCQ broke with Quebec Solidaire shortly after the defeat of the Parti Quebecois in the Quebec provincial election . It advocated for a broad-tent coalition of all nationalist groups moving towards independence . Moreover , it expressed support of Pierre Karl Péladeau in the Parti Quebecois leadership race . Current status . On 17 July 2012 , the Chief Electoral Officer of Québec stated he wished to remove the authorization given to the provincial party led by Parizeau , in agreement with the Election Act , because of its failure to maintain at least 100 qualified electors . The authorization was withdrawn on 30 July 2012 . At a congress in September , the nationalist PCQ led by Parizeau indicated it wished to regain the authorization and was actively recruiting to fulfill the requirements . In 2019 , Parizeau disavowed the PCQ in order to be accepted as a candidate for the Bloc Québécois in the 2019 federal election . Spokespersons . - André Parizeau ( 2004–2008 ) - Francis Gagnon-Bergmann ( 2008–2011 ) - André Parizeau ( 2011–2012 ) - Guy Roy and Gabriel Proulx ( 2012–present ) External links . - Regarding the other PCQ — statement by Parizeau on the split - Nationalist attempt to control PCQ defeated — CPC statement on the split - La Voix du Peuple — the PCQs former newspape