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Originally Posted by MBates
Following the legal principles set out in the Quebec Secession Reference, a province can hold a referendum with a clear question and create the legal obligation for the rest of confederation to come to the negotiating table to seek a constitutional amendment.
Secession is one type of constitutional amendment that can be pursued via this process. There is nothing that would be principally different about seeking any other constitutional negotiation by way of a clear provincial referendum:
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Fair enough, but what is being sold by Kenny is more akin to him saying:
"If Quebec had voted yes, they could have left. So if we vote yes, we can change equalization"
The question in in that decision was more akin to "Can one province compel the Federal Government to negotiate on a constitutional amendment" and the answer was "Sure".
The decision didn't say they could succeed, only that they could make the Government come to the table.
What Kenny is selling is "We can make them change it".
Well no we can't.
What we can do is make they talk about it, and follow the usual process to amend the constitution, which, as anyone will tell you, without Ontario and Quebec on board, ain't gonna happen.