The leader of the Parti Québécois, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, has decided to mark the occasion of the Quebec National Day by distributing a Quebec passport, an initiative that was planned before the current Canadian passport crisis.

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Mr. St-Pierre Plamondon will hand over nearly 1,000 Quebec passports on Friday afternoon in the riding of Bourget, where he is running as a candidate for the next provincial election.

This decision by the party was taken before the current situation where Quebecers have been queuing for several days in front of federal offices, in particular at the Guy-Favreau complex in Montreal, in order to obtain their passport.

“I say to the people of Bourget: today, come and get a Quebec passport! It's free, and you won't have to camp or pay the price for federal incompetence," Paul St-Pierre Plamondon said in a statement.

"By distributing Quebec passports, I want people of all stripes to open the discussion on the legitimate idea of ​​making Quebec a country," he said.