Divide deepens between Quebec and rest of Canada

[SeeBass]

Anybody want to place a bet we see a seperation in the US before we see one in Canada?

[MarchHare]

Here's a (very) hypothetical situation:

Quebec has another referendum. The "oui" side (pro-separation) wins by a narrow majority, say 51-49%. Negotiations proceed and Quebec becomes a sovereign nation a few years later. However, citizens of the Montreal area (~90% of whom voted "non" in 1995) vote overwhelmingly to re-join Canada. So too do the citizens in resource-rich northern Quebec. The Quebec government, realizing their new nation cannot survive without its corporate and natural resource bases, refuses to allow a division of their country.

You're the PM of Canada. Do you send in the Canadian forces to "liberate" the areas of Quebec where citizens voted overwhelmingly to re-join Canada?

[SeeBass]

Originally Posted by MarchHare

Here's a (very) hypothetical situation:

Quebec has another referendum. The "oui" side (pro-separation) wins by a narrow majority, say 51-49%. Negotiations proceed and Quebec becomes a sovereign nation a few years later. However, citizens of the Montreal area (~90% of whom voted "non" in 1995) vote overwhelmingly to re-join Canada. So too do the citizens in resource-rich northern Quebec. The Quebec government, realizing their new nation cannot survive without its corporate and natural resource bases, refuses to allow a division of their country.

You're the PM of Canada. Do you send in the Canadian forces to "liberate" the areas of Quebec where citizens voted overwhelmingly to re-join Canada?

Or what if the Natives say no to seperating their treaty titled land and the QC goverment says they don't recognize their rights

[Notorious Honey Badger]

Originally Posted by MarchHare

Here's a (very) hypothetical situation:

You're the PM of Canada. Do you send in the Canadian forces to "liberate" the areas of Quebec where citizens voted overwhelmingly to re-join Canada?

That's a catastrophe waiting to happen.

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by SeeBass

Or what if the Natives say no to seperating their treaty titled land and the QC goverment says they don't recognize their rights

Then the natives attack! Attack!!!!

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally Posted by Shin Pad

Maybe we should just deport all the french people out of Quebec and start over

Seriously though, I don't see Quebec ever separating anytime soon.

Deport them to where? Quebec?

I doubt St. Pierre and Miquelon would take millions of displaced and angry French, unless Paris has a change of heart towards their quirky cousins.

[jammies]

Originally Posted by simmonjam1

I've always heard from Texans that they were the only State that could legally secede from the Union. Something to do with One of the conditions of Texas joining the USA back in the day.

Texas joined the Confederacy and was forcibly reunited with the rest of the USA after the Civil War. So these Texans are full of the state's biggest product, bull.