A separatist party leading in polls ahead of an October election in Quebec says it would only hold a referendum on breaking away from Canada after Donald Trump leaves the White House. Trump’s tariffs and repeated talk of making Canada the 51st U.S. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• A separatist party leading in polls ahead of an October election in Quebec says it would only hold a referendum on breaking away from Canada after Donald Trump leaves the White House.S1

• Trump’s tariffs and repeated talk of making Canada the 51st U.S. state have complicated the separatist case in QuebecS2