Is Quebec sovereignty on the rise?

[Vancouverite]

I started this thread awhile ago, and this question may be coming up. Andrew Coyne says separatism is impossible, because of various factors, but Peter White says it's a very real possibility.

I think the separatists would be having an uphill struggle. First of all, as I understand it, demographics are against them, because the younger generation has a higher proportion of immigrants and visible minorities would be federalists. Furthermore, with the economy in the dumps, the voters would want economic security as opposed to uncertainty. Not only that, they know that, if this does happen, Quebec's borders will be subject to division, and only the most fanatical separatist would think otherwise.

My greatest problem, however, is the fact that there is no constitutional mechanism for them to secede. I mean, who actually says they have that right???

 

[Cabbagesandking]

I think that I laid out the reasons that separation will not happen; even thought the Clarity Act gave the Separatists a very small window of opportunity.

I gave the legal and practical reason without the emotional ones. It cannot happen becuse, as the last resort, it will be stopped over the barrels of rifles. Nobody is going to break up the country.

For the internal (Quebec) problems, try to find the book. "Partition" by William Shaw and Lionel Albert. Both were colleagues of mine and I had several discussions with them about the proposed content.

 

[Vancouverite]

As Trudeau said, if Canada is divisible, Quebec is divisible.

 

[JLM]

As Trudeau said, if Canada is divisible, Quebec is divisible.

Divisive old bastard that he was! :lol:

 

[Bar Sinister]

As Trudeau said, if Canada is divisible, Quebec is divisible.

Definitely. Quebec separatists would be wise to look at what happened in places like Yugoslavia if they want to separate. There are dozens of small communities along the Quebec-Ontario that contain large numbers of English speakers as well as a very large English-speaking contingent in Montreal. There certainly would be nothing to stop these people from agitating to remain in Canada. Unless Quebec is prepared to use the same sort of murderous force that the Serbs attempted (very unlikely considering that Quebec has no separate military and the US would probably not tolerate such behaviour on its borders).

 

[El Barto]

Jean Charest PLQ - YouTube

The Censored PLQ Ad - YouTube
And here we have the leader of the seperatist party .
Altho I do not agree with attack adds like this as it is very much like a page of Harpers pre-campaign tactics' it is brilliant .
Those who back her up can't be serious seperatists. She is seriously an oppertunist.