Why Bond Investors Worry Anew About Quebec Separatism

Separatists in Quebec have never been to able win enough support to achieve their goal of turning Canada’s second-most populous province into its own country. Yet their dream of independence endures. Now, with the separatist Parti Quebecois leading in public opinion polls in the province and promising a new referendum on secession if it prevails in elections next October, the topic is back on the table. That’s been enough to start worrying some bond investors.