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What was the referendum result though? 49.4% for statu quo vs. 50.6% for independence? That's not really what I'd call a plebiscite for being part of Canada.

• gpm 7y ago
  Something like that... and since the referendums happened when Quebec was most inclined to separate (in recent memory) that's really a good sign that > 50% of Quebec would prefer not to.
  • emilfihlman 7y ago
    Are you really thinking that half the province against each other is a good sign? Please.
    • thinkloop 7y ago
      It's much less than half now, that was at the ultimate peak - was the point he was making.
    • gpm 7y ago
      Like I said, support for that movement is way less than half now, the first result I found from a quick search [0] suggests 18% as of 2015. [0] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-angus-reid-canada-indepdence-1.3788110 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-angus-reid-ca... I think a majority vote choosing to stay is a hell of a lot better than "forced to stay by the military"... which is what you'd get from the post I originally replied to. And it's not "against eachother" so much as "politely thinking that we'd be better of splitting the country in two" for most of them.
    • emilfihlman 7y ago
      I misread the contextual OP, he wasn't supporting the francophones.