Équipe Autonomiste

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Équipe autonomiste (French pronunciation: [ekip otɔnɔmist]; English: Autonomist Team) is a Quebec autonomist provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. It was officially recognized on March 21, 2012 by the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec. The party was founded by Eric Barnabe, a former member of the Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ), who had worked as president of a riding association. Other actors involved in the ADQ contributed to the party's founding: • Carol Nadeau became the party's official agent and representative. • Stephan Pouleur later became the party's leader and the party's main ambassador for 12 years after its founding. The party was founded in response to the merger of the ADQ with the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ). Since a merged party cannot keep the same name, ADQ members rejecting the vision proposed by François Legault's CAQ chose to create a new party. The name of the party, Equipe Autonomiste, was chosen to signify and affirm autonomist values like the ADQ...

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