September 17th, 2003, 05:00 AM
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Re: OT- Spelling is out.
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Originally posted by DavidG:
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Originally posted by Slynky:
My memory sucks pretty bad sometimes, DavidG, but several years back...was there some talk of Quebec "exiting" Canada? Or something real controversial like that.
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Yup. The had a referendum. 51% voted no. The second I think. The issue of Quebec separation has been a pretty big issue in Canada for much of the Last 20 or 30 years. Although currently it's kind of lost it's appeal. The Parti Quebecois party first came to power in 1976 on a pro separation policy. They only just recently got voted out.
WOW! Seems very unusual for something like that to get momentum in an age like this.
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