That's one interpretation. A more cynical one would be that very few anglophones would ever vote "Oui" in a secession referendum. Therefore the Parti Québécoi

That's one interpretation. A more cynical one would be that very few anglophones would ever vote "Oui" in a secession referendum. Therefore the Parti Québécois had motivation to make life as uncomfortable as possible for english speakers, hoping they'd give up and move to Ontario. Probably both explanations have some amount of truth to them.