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Article: A land of means by no means: is Quebec wealthy enough to go it alone? That depends on whose wealth we're talking about.(QUEBEC SEPARATISM)
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- Western Standard
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- August 14, 2006
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A little debate enflamed the Quebec chattering classes in early July, and died out quickly as our two-month summer and the mosquitoes passed in high gear. The question: does Quebec have the means to be a sovereign country? Yes, said the Liberal premier, Jean Charest, while in France and obviously grabbed by the splendour of the Republic. "Quebec has the means to choose its destiny, and is free to do it," he repeated in a La Presse op-ed a few days later. We told you so, said Andre Boisclair, head of the Parti Quebecois, and other separatist leaders. What I meant, Charest explained in his op-ed, is that Quebec could be sovereign, but "it is not in the Quebecers' interest." ...