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Article: Pourquoi Lucien? (nationalism in Quebec)
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- Canada and the World Backgrounder
- Article date:
- January 1, 1997
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Rene Levesque was the first leader of the separatist Parti Quebecois. In 1976, he became the first separatist premier of Quebec. Mr. Levesque wrote that "Throughout its history, Quebec never was anything but a colony. First of the founding French Empire, then of the conquering British, and finally of the majority in federal Canada. Being an `inner colony' in this fashion has made of Quebec a very special case...
"We are fighting not against you, but for Quebec's essential maturing through self-government and self-development. We do have feelings about our fellow Canadians, after a couple of centuries of living, dealing, and squabbling together. We also know ...