{
  "id": 16794002,
  "title": "Quebec’s separatist leader threatens to play spoiler at Carney’s EU summit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/quebecs-separatist-leader-threatens-to-play-spoiler-at-carneys-eu",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-27T19:57:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Politico EU",
    "slug": "politico-eu",
    "url": "https://www.politico.eu/article/quebecs-separatist-leader-threatens-to-play-spoiler-to-carneys-eu-summit/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Quebec's separatist leader, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, threatened to undermine EU-Canada summit talks, accusing Ottawa of barring the province from participating. The dispute arose when Quebec's Justice Minister Marie-Claude Sarrazin cited Ottawa's refusal to allow his address at the summit, which begins on Thursday. St-Pierre Plamondon tweeted that the decision demonstrated \"serious disrespect,\" adding he would rather \"serve shrimp cocktail\" at a function rather than address one. Ottawa also declined a September request from the previous Quebec government to host a reception during the summit. Prime Minister Mark Carney countered that St-Pierre Plamondon had rejected his own invitation to the Thursday night dinner. The tiff jeopardizes an international gathering that Carney and other leaders have hailed as a significant step forward in relations, driven by the US's trade policies. The dispute brings back memories of the 1965 Gérin-Lajoie doctrine, which grants Quebec the right to conduct its own foreign affairs in areas assigned to provinces by the Canadian Constitution.",
  "summary": "Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says Ottawa would rather he “serve shrimp cocktail” at a function than stage one, and alleges a “serious lack of respect.”",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}