Tag Archives: Quebec Referendum
Alberta Votes
It is referendum day in Alberta. Ten questions, including one about whether the province should remain part of Canada. I’m all in favor of the democratic process, but this referendum seems to me to be set to create more problems than it solves. Governments, once elected, are supposed to provide leadership. Campaign on a set […]
Canadian Democracy
There are aspects of Canadian democracy that baffle outsiders. Independence referenda probably top the list. Twice residents of Quebec have been asked whether they want the province to become an independent country. Twice the voters have chosen to stay, through in 1995 it was a pretty narrow margin. Next month voters in Alberta will go […]
Election Meddling
He’s done it again. Donald Trump has interfered in a foreign election. This time merely by existing. Quebec’s Parti Quebecois has announced that if they win this fall’s election they will not hold a referendum on Quebec separation as long as Donald Trump is president. Previously holding such a referendum had been the cornerstone of […]
The Anniversary
On this date forty years ago the Parti Quebecois were elected as the Government of Quebec. I doubt there will be many celebrations today. The PQ are a sovereigntist political party. Their goal was (and is) to democratically take the province out of the Canadian nation to become and independent state. So far they have […]
The World is Watching
It seems like everyone has an opinion on the September 18 independence referendum to be held in Scotland, except me. I probably should have paid more attention to the upcoming vote, but really, why should I care? My family left Scotland in 1843; I may have some distant cousins still living there now, but I […]
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