If that referendum vote occurred and the Federal Government tried to obstruct it, or play around with it, this province would probably really explode.
Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba all challenged the Equalization formula this fall and the Federal Government basically ignored their concerns and pushed through another 5 year renewal. So as cool as it is to blame Harper and he does deserve the blame, this one is also in a large part on the Liberals who ignored provinces and pushed through a renewal, which allowed Quebec to continue to collect the vast majority of the funds even though they're running budget surpluses and are economically in decent shape.
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