Louis Bernard, a chief of staff to then-Parti Quebecois premier Rene Levesque in the 1970s, announced Wednesday he will run for the party's leadership.
Bernard, 68, who also served as a top-ranking civil servant, is the second candidate to officially seek the top job.
"I really have the intention to win the (leadership) race, win the election and make Quebec independent," he said. "That's my goal."
He also said he wants the province to be a country to allow it to assume its destiny and assert itself on the international stage.
If the 24% of the party who voted against Landry really did so out of frustration at the lack of movement toward separation, this seems to be their candidate. And now that there are two confirmed candidates with Boisclair also likely to announce, any "re-draft Landry" movement is probably dead. The suspense continues.
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