October 30, 1995 - Quebec Referendum, behind the scenes

[crazyforcanada]

Did you know the referendums are illegal? The Constitution prohibits both annexation and secession, it was designed that way in 1865 by the Founding Fathers. The legislative powers were divided between the Federal Parliament and the Provincial Legislatures. The provinces received an "enumerated" list of powers under s. 92. "Enumerated" means they can't do anything that isn't on the list. There is DELIBERATELY no power to secede. There thus can be NO REFERENDUM on the subject of secession.

[breizhcatalonia1993]

@crazyforcanada Isn't Canada a democratic country? If canada is a democratic country why an act of democracy, of choosing between two options, can't be held? Maybe because his excellency don't wants a province to separate and wants to stop by all means all initiatives in which the voters can decide what they want to be in the future? Is that democratic? As far as i know, even if i'm not canadian, your constitution has undergone a number of change, the last in 1982, thus, if is not any

[Mackey164]

Yeah posting the whole thing would be fantastic.

[denelson83]

Can you post the whole referendum coverage from CBC Television here on YouTube, part-by-part?