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Article: Canada - Quebec bores on regardless.(Parti Quebecois revives support for secession)(Brief Article)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- May 13, 2000
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MONTREAL
FOR 30 years, the issue of Quebec's secession has dominated Canadian politics. To say that the country is sick of it is an understatement. Even in Quebec, the question has outlasted its welcome. That is why, shortly after the last referendum on "sovereignty" in 1995, the province's premier, Lucien Bouchard, put the subject aside, promising instead good government--even though he is the leader of the Parti Quebecois, the secessionists' political vehicle, and even though his yes forces had just come within a percentage point, 50,000 votes, of achieving their dream.
But even good government has a shelf-life, it seems. With the province's budget ...