SPQ Libre

(spelled with or without the exclamation mark) is a political club that, until March 2010, operated within the Parti Québécois.

This made it possible for the SPQ Libre to become a political club within the structure of the party.

It declared its intent to field a sharply progressive candidate for the Parti Québécois leadership election of 2005, who ended up being editor of L'aut'journal and Secretary of the SPQ Libre Pierre Dubuc.

[1] After the PQ's defeat in 2007, factions of the SPQ criticized the party leadership for allowing the "identity question" and defense of "Québécois de souche" to be led by the Action démocratique du Québec.

[2] The SPQ Libre is explicitly left-wing, pro labour unions and in favour of Quebec independence and determined enough to achieve it.