Marc-Olivier Fortin: The PQ is already remaking Quebec. Killing oath to the King is only the start
In 1891, Quebec Lieutenant-Governor Auguste-Réal Angers dismissed Premier Honoré Mercier over the Baie des Chaleurs Railway bribery scandal.
One-hundred and thirty-five years later, the province's current Lieutenant-Governor, Manon Jeannotte, silently watched the newly elected government's cabinet swearing-in on television from her office across the street, her aide-de-camp by her side.
For the first time in Quebec's, the Lieutenant-Governor was not attending the cabinet swearing in.
The empty chair said more than any speech could.
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