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March 13, 2013

Quebeckers Are Bored with Secession

Jeffrey Simpson, Globe and Mail

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Those who don’t follow Quebec affairs are missing a lot. There’s plenty of interesting stuff going on: the commission into massive corruption in and around Montreal’s municipal governance; the first-place positioning of the Montreal Canadiens; the continuing success of Quebec films; and lots of other headline-grabbing developments. And then there’s secession.

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TAGGED: Quebec, Canada, Parti Quebecois

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