État québécois
The french term for the state of Quebec / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the term "État québécois". For the government of Quebec, see Politics of Quebec and National Assembly of Quebec.
The French term l'État québécois, literally translated, is "the Quebec State".
The term "State" can refer to public authority, or a state apparatus, as in société d'État "a state-owned enterprise, federal crown corporations (sociétés d’État)"). "State" may be used to contrast the provincial government of Quebec with the private sector, or with the federal government of Canada, known as l'État fédéral or l'État canadien.