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- ↑ "Unity elusive after BQ vote". The Globe and Mail. 17 March 1997.
- ↑ "Former BQ MPs to join Canadian Alliance". CBC News. 28 August 2000. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ↑ "Alliance recruits ex-separatist MPs". The Globe and Mail. 29 August 2000. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
