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Quebec

n for sovereignty association sayong Quebec will still have close ties to Canada, yet be a seperate nation. Before the election of which party was to be in power, parti Quebecois decided that if they were elected, they would create a referendum in which people will have to chose to either agree to seperation or not. In nineteen seventy six, Parti Quebecois was elected as Government of Quebec and this drew attention not only around Canada, but the United States as well. There was a referendum in nineteen hundred and eighty, but the idea of seperation was rejected anf the loss was three to two. In nineteen hundred and eighty five, Parti Quebecois was defeated and replaced by Robert Bourassa. With this new Government, the french prospered more economically and in all other areas of life. Slowly, the Francophones began to take over the Anglophone dominance. In nineteen hundred and ninety five, there was yet again another referendum that took place in October. The measure was defeated yet again, however, it was a close call. English won fifty point six percent to forty nine point four percent French. Today the problem still stands, however, peope are still reviewing what really did happen in the last referendum and people are looking at the pros and cons against Quebec ever really seperating from Canada.It is unfortunate and true that the French population of Canada are at a minority and in the past have been treated poorly and unfairly. The fact of the matter is, no matter how much French canada wants to be equal and have independence, the situation is unlikely and many people, including other Francophones see that too. Not only was there much debate over whether there was fraud concerning the votes taken during the election of nineteen hundred and ninety five, but there are also many issues at stake. For instance, there are the Indians and their Canadian citzenship to think about. If Canada were to seperate, the indians would have no where...

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