Québec History 32 - Referendum and Constitution

Québec a Nation History 32

A Québec referendum, was held on 20 May 1980 to ask the people of Québec for a mandate to negotiate, on an equal footing, a new agreement with the rest of Canada, thus honouring the promise Claude Morin had made in 1976 to hold a referendum before making any radical change in Québec's status. The concept of sovereignty association, created by Claude Morin, was rejected by about 60% of voters, although it is estimated about 60% of the francophones supported it. The PQ leadership maintained that sovereignty remained the only viable option for Québec. Prime Minister of Canada Pierre Elliott Trudeau in an official statement near the end of the referendum campaign, persuaded a number of the Québécois that a rejection of the Péquiste option would lead to negotiations for a new Federalism. He also said that he would refuse to negociate even if the people of Québec voted democraticly for independence.

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[gopconservative78]

Quebec sucks.....all they do is bitch and complain....just be like your French buddies and surrender

[Patriote17]

@gopconservative78 Canada is not our country, maybe one day we will stop to bitch and complain and simply make Québec independence. When we resist with force you call us terrorist, when we are peacefull you call us coward. You always insult us whatever we do, you obviously hate us...

[knightschwartz]

@Patriote17 i'm all for quebec indepdence if the keep the 3rd worlders out.

[MomSaysImCool]

@Patriote17 Lâche-le dude, il (ou elle) s'appelle GOP Conservative - le GOP étant le parti Conservative (plutôt extrême) Americain. Il n'est pas représentatif de la majorité des Canadiens. Je suis un Franco-Colombien, et même de ce bord du pays on a énormément de respect pour le peuple et la culture Quebecoise. Ne nous quitte pas, ami!

[ZOEWUWUANGIE]

oh lala~ they sold Levesque

[dave19941000]

@Robineux99 No, we voted NDP for 3 reasons, 1) we'd never vote for the Torries, 2) the Liberals had terrible leadership, and 3) Quebec didn't have the anger towards English Canada that the Bloc needed. It was a protest vote against the other 3 parties.

[Robineux99]

Quebec vote for NDP was in hope that there would be enough vote for NDP outside the province of Quebec to kick Harper out with a strong Quebec NDP presence in the goverment. As it went it's a lost gamble but it could have worked.

[WingsRed1919]

All the Bloc was was a bunch of pissed off Québécois from Brian Mulroney's era who figured the only way that Québec could flurish was outside Canada. This year's election proved the Bloc is passed it's time.

[Nomadar]

@Patriote17 Hey you're fine-- I definitely wouldn't have voted for Harper if I had the chance to vote, probably would've gone NDP actually (I'm not a Francophone so I probably wouldn't have voted for the bloc, but I'm completely sympathetic to your plight). Good luck up North with the majority government, it'll end soon enough.

[Patriote17]

@Nomadar sorry I thought you were Canadian. You obviously didn't voted Harper.