Morgan Lowrie , The Canadian Press »

Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet on Tuesday called for a “partisan truce” with other federal party leaders, even as he was accused by the Bloc’s provincial cousins of putting the sovereignty question aside.

Blanchet’s olive branch did not go over well with Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, who criticized the Bloc for treating Carney as a partner and for agreeing to suspend the push for Quebec independence while U.S. trade negotiations take place.

St-Pierre Plamondon said Tuesday he felt limited in speaking out in favour of the Bloc during the election campaign, because of his party’s disagreement over Blanchet’s strategy. “The strategy adopted by the Bloc, which validates Mark Carney as a partner, as someone who is about to collaborate with Quebec …. that’s not what we think.”