Quebec separatists hope to win poll

Voters in Quebec head to the polls today in an election that may see a separatist party return to power, potentially placing the French-speaking province on course for another referendum to break away from Canada.

Liberal leader Jean Charest, who has headed Quebec for nearly a decade, called an early election on August 1, and has consistently trailed in the polls to Pauline Marois’ Parti Quebecois.