Remember the last referendum on the topic was worded by the Parti Quebecois.
Not the Canadian Government. Since the PQ is the separatist party, you would
figure that they would have worded the question to get the result that they
wanted. Moreover given what Jacques Parizeau said after the referendum
regarding immigrants and Jews and other minorities, its probably a very good
thing that the PQ lost that referendum. I would not have been surprised if
they would have further increased their efforts at ethnic cleansing if the
Yes effort succeeded. Many in the PQ have the same attitudes that Parizeau
had regarding the non-francophones.
Also only about 58% of the francophone Quebecois voted yes (see
http://newsworld.cbc.ca/flashback/1995/quebec3.html). Not exactly a
resounding majority. Additionally over 90% of the non francophone Quebecois
voted No.
As for the PQ being in power, well how many referenda have they had since
1995? They are acting like a general moderate to liberal (for Canada that
is) political party now.
larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 11:45 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Nice people....
>
>
> It may depend on the way the question is worded. Even I
> consider the matter a very close call and am only against it
> because it is impractical from both points of view. I will
> say for a fact that in the early 90s the east end of Montreal
> was so solidly PQ that the other parties didn't even try.
> When I have looked at the matter -- and no, it hasn't been
> recently -- the heartland was very much in favor with the
> more anglophone far north and the Ouatouais regions the most
> against. The PQ was in power as recently as last year. The
> referendum against separation was only narrowly defeated.
>
> but you know, all this only proves my point. I don't think
> anyone is arguing that Quebec is in any way unsafe. There was
> a referendum, it was perceived as fair, and it was accepted.
> The place may be unstable in the sense that a political
> upheaval is possible, but army occupation is not required.
>
> And so I am saying let us be about the business of getting a
> democratic government in Iraq so we can get the hell out.
>
> Dana
>
>
>
> >In Quebec its a very different situation. Well over half the
> province
> >do
> >not want to separate. Moreover, in the last referendum vote,
> many of the
> >separatiste votes were a protest over the federal
> government. From what I
> >understand, the support for separatism is less than 1/3rd
> the population
> >and dropping.
> >
> >larry
> >
> >At 06:51 PM 3/31/2004, you wrote:
> >>
>
>
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