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September 2, 2012

Do Quebec's Sovereigntists Matter?

John Ibbitson, Globe and Mail

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If the Parti Quebecois comes to power after Tuesday’s vote, Ottawa and Quebec will once again confront each other over Canada’s future. Neither side will ever have been so weak. The Conservative government has little purchase in French Canada. The sovereigntist cause is at its lowest ebb. And this is a very different country from 1995, when last a referendum was held. Since then, more than 3.7 million people have immigrated to Canada, nearly all of them from developing countries. What do they care about the solitudes? Who is Louis Riel to them?

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