The political rhetoric is heating up in Quebec where a provincial election is set for this fall, and Quebec’s relationship with this province – both current and historic – is part of the debate.

The separatist Parti-Quebecois is showing a small lead in the polls and the party has started to attack the governing Coalition Avenir for what it perceives as its cozy relationship with Newfoundland and Labrador.

It’s also dredging up what it sees as the “grave injustice” dealt to Quebec in the Privy Council’s 1927 decision determining the Labrador border.

The official party line is that Quebec will seek financial compensation for the decision made 99 years ago if the PQ emerges victorious.

Meanwhile, this province resumed negotiations earlier this summer with Hydro-Quebec to reach a new Memorandum of Understanding on expansion of the Churchill Falls hydro development.

Quebec Premier Christine Frechette previously indicated that she hoped to see a new MOU reached by the end of this month.