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The goal of Quebec's sovereignist movement is to make Quebec an independent state. In practice, the terms independentist, sovereignist, and separatist are used to describe people adhering to this movement, although the latter term is perceived as pejorative by those concerned as it de-emphasizes that the sovereignty project aims to achieve political independence without severing economic ...
The 1995 Quebec referendum was the second referendum to ask voters in the predominantly French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec whether Quebec should proclaim sovereignty and become an independent country, with the condition precedent of offering a political and economic agreement to Canada.
The History of the Quebec sovereignty movement covers various movements which sought to achieve political independence for Quebec, which has been a province of Canada since 1867. Quebec nationalism emerged in politics c. 1800 .
This party aims to promote Quebec's sovereignty and purports to defend the interests of Quebec at the federal level of government. The Front de libération du Québec (FLQ), was a terrorist organization in the 1960s and early 1970s that used violence to promote independence for Quebec. Although they both advocated a sovereigntist agenda, the ...
Any debate or proposal regarding a future partition of Quebec must be looked at in light of the Canadian Constitution (British North America Act, 1871 [1]), which stipulates that the limits of a province may not be increased, diminished or otherwise altered without the consent of the legislature of that province, a constitutional provision that would need the consent of the legislatures of all ...
The 1980 Quebec independence referendum was the first referendum in Quebec on the place of Quebec within Canada and whether Quebec should pursue a path toward sovereignty.The referendum was called by Quebec's Parti Québécois (PQ) government, which advocated secession from Canada.
Quebec referendum may refer to one of the two referendums held solely in Quebec: 1980 Quebec referendum, the 1980 plebiscite to grant the Government of Quebec a mandate to negotiate sovereignty-association; 1995 Quebec referendum, the 1995 referendum to allow the Government of Quebec, after offering a partnership to Canada, to declare independence
The Parti Québécois ([paʁti kebekwa], lit. ' Quebec Party ', PQ) is a sovereignist [8] and social democratic [2] [9] [10] [11] provincial political party in Quebec, Canada.The PQ advocates national sovereignty for Quebec involving independence of the province of Quebec from Canada and establishing a sovereign state.