With the Parti Québécois riding high just months before the election, Ontario Premier Doug Ford believes Canada has a lot to lose if a sovereigntist party comes to power in Quebec City. We must be a united Canada,” he said at a news briefing in Ottawa on Wednesday, on the sidelines of a meeting of the country’s premiers. “There has never been a more important time in our history to ensure that we stand together and remain united,” he insisted. You will prosper much more as a united Canada,” said Ford. Moe believes that former prime minister Justin Trudeau fuelled independence movements in the country, such as the one in Alberta.