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What was the response in the federal government to the rise of Quebec separation?
The Canadian government has always stood in fierce opposition to Quebec separation. In reality the topic today has no real power, ever since the last referendum which was a close call, separation has been put on the back burner. Furthermore, with Chretien pushing through the Clarity Act, any attempt at separating would be a nearly insurmountable task. It allowed the government with quite a bit of control over any referendum question, and the determining of what constituted majority support. If you want to back further in history we can go back as far as Pearsons years in office when the first hints of seperatism are on the horizon. One notable event would be when Charles De Gaulle openly supported Quebec independence during a visit to Canada, and was subsequently asked by Pearson to no longer visit if he was going to promote such a thing. Now if we go to the Trudeau years with the October Crisis and the FLQ terrorist actions, this is where the federal government truly utilized its full power. So with the kidnapping of government officials, Pierre Trudeau utilized the War Measures Act to detain FLQ suspects and used the military to regain control of the situation. But as I said to begin with the separation movement has lost its steam. Today the Bloc Quebecois have other things to complain about, and Quebec has largely been courted by both Liberal and Conservatives governments in an attempt to one prevent seperatism to regain its popularity ( this has been done in ways such as when Prime Minister Harper allowe Quebec its on seat in UNESCO), and to mostly on the Conservatives part to regain their footing in Quebec. While the Liberals have always maintained a generally strong support in Quebec, the Conservatives have not ever since the Mulroney government in which he brokered an alliance between Western Progressive Conservatives and Quebec PC supporters. Of course these two groups stood very much against each other and it lead to the destruction of the PC party, the creation of the Canadian Reformers, and the Bloc.
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Who is Quebec commissioner representing the federal government?
the of the commissioner who represnts the federal government in quebec
What is one reason why the federal government wants Quebec to remain part of Canada?
the government needs the natural resources that Quebec has. Quebec is rich in natural resources and Canada needs all of them.
Is it true that Quebec and Ontario are examples of candian colonies?
Quebec and Ontario are both Canadian colonies. They are both federal government.
What Canadian territory has the lowest percentage of Francophones?
Because they are the farthest away from Quebec. Canada is not French, just Quebec. They have moved across Canada with the Federal government as most federal jobs are reserved for people from Quebec.
What was the british response to the intolerable acts?
The Quebec Act. This law set up a government for Quebec. It gave Quebec area west of the Appalachian Mountains and north of the Ohio River.
Legal documents such as the Canadian constitution and the official language act show how the federal government protect language right of Canadian in?
Quebec
Many Quebecois people who live in Quebec are in favor of Canada?
separation from
Many Quebecois (people who live in Quebec) are in favor of Canada.?
separation from
Why do some Quebecois want secede from Canada?
Canada does not want Quebec to separate. Quebec wants to separate from Canada, although if they were to separate from them, their economic structure would fail. "their economic structure would fail" There is not yet any serious studies on that matter only opinions. This statement is only based on speculation and biased subjective ideas. Although the possibly of Quebec's economy being downed by its independence exists there are no way to accurately predict the consequences and the complete opposite could be also true. It is known that Quebec would have to take its share of the federal debt and that would result in its public debt raising from +/-75% of its GDP to +/-94.5% of its GDP but considering that the United-States-Of-America (a country that may not be in the best shape as possible but still can stand strong anyway) has a public debt of 99% of its GDP the impossible to overcome debt theory is not likely to be right. There is also the idea that Quebec receives more from federal government that it sends. Again this is a misconception. Quebec sends to federal government roughly 40 billion dollars every year in Government Sales Taxes while it receives about 36 to 38 billion dollars of investments by the federal government including the equalization payments. This being said if Quebec was to become independent it would get back about 2 billions which would not be a major advantage and all the money from the federal taxes that would now be only to Quebec would be invested in pretty much (more or less) the same way it was by Canada's government but instead by Quebec's government. So to conclude, Quebec's economic future would solely depend of its relations with its neighbors, the kind of government it chooses and its foreign industrial/commercial investors tax rate.
How does Quebec separatism effect the US?
Probably not much. Quebec has a large manufacturing sector almost exclusively aimed at the US market. If Quebec separated it would do everything in its power to maintain this relationship as it is Quebec's bread and butter. If Quebec sensed that separation jeopardised this relationship it probably would not separate. The US would unlikely even notice separation aside from some border hurdles at the beginning.
Were there people from Quebec during the Quebec Referendum that wanted to stay a part of Canada?
Of course. Otherwise the result would have been 100% for the separation.
What law established a government for quebec and defined its boundaries?
Quebec act
