Quebec secession

[© tweed]

No.

The generation that was oppressed (not really oppressed but looked down on) by other canadians is dying off.  The newer generations sees no reason to.

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

50/50 chance. IF we get a big economic depression and Canada doesn't get competent leadership...

[afleitch]

Scotland has probably leapfrogged Quebec in the 'likelyhood of independence' stakes these past few years. Doesn't mean that that will happen either.

[Richard]

Will Quebec ever secede from Canada? If so, when?

I hope so.  Feck the French.  They're not real Canadians.

[Richard]

Probably not but I wish they did. Then America would have a chance fo take over English Canada.

hahaha!

Which brings up an interesting question.  If Quebec DID secede, are there any other provinces that might think joining the USA was a good idea?  Lets hear from you Canadians out there.

I think BC would probably be the most likely (besides Québec) to break away from Canada.  There's a strong sense of alienation from the federal government here; a lot of people think that Ottawa thinks that we don't matter.

However, while BC is the most likely to, I don't personally think any province would go for it.  Québec already put it up to a referendum and it was shot down, and there's even an entire party in Québec whose entire platform is pretty much secession from Canada (the Bloc Québecois).  The BQ sometimes even gets a majority of the seats in Québec, as was the case in the last general election, and the referendum still failed.  Even if it did succeed sometime later, the fact is that it's not a widely supported idea.  I don't think a Québec secession would provoke a domino effect.

The bottom line is that from what I know, even people who live in provinces that feel alienated from the federal government still feel a strong sense of attachment to Canada itself, so I personally doubt that any province will be going anywhere.

Clearly you've not been educated on Alberta.

[Hatman 🍁]

Will Quebec ever secede from Canada? If so, when?

I hope so.  Feck the French.  They're not real Canadians.

hahaha. Takes one to know one I suppose.

[Reignman]

I just wrote an essay for school on why I think Quebec's secession is inevitable. If I lived in Quebec I would probably be for it, but I'm less sure about that than I am about it seceeding.

[Richard]

Will Quebec ever secede from Canada? If so, when?

I hope so.  Feck the French.  They're not real Canadians.

hahaha. Takes one to know one I suppose.

Correct.  I have a French background.

[Stranger in a strange land]

Quebec Secession becomes less likely with each passing decade and with each lost referendum. Immigrants who want to be Canadian and speak English are moving into Canada at a rapid pace, even into Quebec. At the same time, the French-Quebecois population has a low birthrate. A hundred years from now, French will only be spoken in a few remote rural areas, and the idea of Quebec secession will be forgotten or looked upon as laughable.

[The Man From G.O.P.]

Almost as stupid and absurd as Scottish Independence, at least people in Quebec can speak thier own language.

[Reignman]

Quebec Secession becomes less likely with each passing decade and with each lost referendum. Immigrants who want to be Canadian and speak English are moving into Canada at a rapid pace, even into Quebec. At the same time, the French-Quebecois population has a low birthrate. A hundred years from now, French will only be spoken in a few remote rural areas, and the idea of Quebec secession will be forgotten or looked upon as laughable.

Since the 1970s, the % speaking French has remained stable.

http://www.spl.gouv.qc.ca/publications/statistiques/tableau.html#Taux%20de%20bilinguisme%20(fran%E7ais-anglais)%20au%20Qu%E9bec

http://www.stat.gouv.qc.ca/donstat/societe/demographie/migrt_poplt_imigr/606.htm

http://www.spl.gouv.qc.ca/publications/statistiques/tableau.html#R%E9partition%20des%20francophones

And older voters tend to vote against sovereignty.

http://www.queensu.ca/cora/polls/2004/November4-quebec_sovereignty_support_up.pdf

Also, recent polls show support for sovereignty increasing since the late 1990s.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2005/04/27/sovereignty-poll050427.html#skip300x250

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070219/wl_nm/quebec_dc

http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/sep06/brock.pdf

http://media.www.mcgilltribune.com/media/storage/paper234/news/2007/02/27/News/National.Quebec.Elections.Kickstart.The.Smearing-2744160.shtml

http://www.genx40.com/archives/2007/march/heknownotofwhat

[Hatman 🍁]

Quebec Secession becomes less likely with each passing decade and with each lost referendum. Immigrants who want to be Canadian and speak English are moving into Canada at a rapid pace, even into Quebec. At the same time, the French-Quebecois population has a low birthrate. A hundred years from now, French will only be spoken in a few remote rural areas, and the idea of Quebec secession will be forgotten or looked upon as laughable.

wtf? French is more spoken in Quebec than ever before. Why don't you look at the stats before you come up with outlandish statements such as that.

[12th Doctor]

Almost as stupid and absurd as Scottish Independence, at least people in Quebec can speak thier own language.

If language was the only criteria for nationhood, then Irish and American independence would have been stupid as well.

[Bono]

I strongly support it, because I think Canada is too great a country to be saddled with Quebec.

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

just like how the US needs to not be saddled with Dixie or Utah.

[Gabu]

If I lived in Quebec I would probably be for it

Why?  Quebec receives a ridiculously disproportionate amount of concessions from the federal government, and still they whine and threaten secession.

bunch of ingrates, all of them, mumble mumble...

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

Quebec is Canada's version of dixie.

[12th Doctor]

If I lived in Quebec I would probably be for it

Why?  Quebec receives a ridiculously disproportionate amount of concessions from the federal government, and still they whine and threaten secession.

bunch of ingrates, all of them, mumble mumble...

Welcome to the club... ever countries got em