Beau risque
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Beau Risque is a political phrase in Quebec denoting the "risk" the Parti Québécois (PQ), sovereigntists and Quebecers took in supporting the attempt of Brian Mulroney's Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to have Quebec reintegrate the Canadian constitution "in honour and dignity" and have its distinctiveness recognized in the document.
It was coined by Parti Québécois Premier of Quebec René Lévesque after the 1980 Quebec referendum defeat. His taking the "Beau Risque" provoked a crisis in the party and a number of PQ Members of the National Assembly of Quebec left their seats as a result.
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