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 | | In Québec the failure of the accord was widely interpreted as a rejection of Québec itself, and support for sovereignty surged. |
| | Bouchard’s determination to continue the pursuit of sovereignty challenged Chrétien’s federal government, which had hoped that a clear victory in the referendum would enable it to focus on other issues. |
| | Chrétien’s Liberal government was elected to a second term in June 1997, but it received a reduced share of the vote and won a bare majority of the 301 seats in the newly expanded House of Commons. |
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