Quebec refuses to denounce Spain's Catalan independence crackdown

The Quebec government rejected calls Wednesday from the opposition to publicly denounce the intensifying crackdown in Spain against the Catalan independence movement.
Christine St-Pierre, Quebec’s international relations minister, would only say the actions of the Spanish government are “probably not the best thing to do.”
Parti Quebecois leader Jean-Francois Lisée said the provincial government must ask the Spanish people to respect democracy and allow the Catalan peopl