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Old 12-03-2007, 10:23 AM
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Canada and Quebec

Quebec
Capital City - Quebec City
Largest Capital - Montreal
Official Language - French
Area - 1,542,056 kmē
Population - 7,700,807

GDP - C$285.158 billion
per capita - C$37,278


Excluding Quebec

Canada
Capital City - Ottawa
Largest City - Toronto
Official Language - English (French)
Area - 8,442,614 kmē
Population - 25,413,893

GDP-C$ 803.842 billion
per Capita - C$32,614


where is canada and how do you see its Future after Seperation of Nunavut from the Northwest Territories, can Quebec make a move for Independance??, and should it??? what do you think the Canadian Parliement, France and Britian will think of this??
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Old 12-03-2007, 11:49 AM
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I don't think independence makes sense. I am not even sure the Nunavut regions would separate.

It has already nowadays autonomy rights, even though I dont know how far they go exactly. (I think however far enough to deserve that name) Quebec would be stupid to secede from Canada, its better to be part of a larger family and its not like Canadians from both sides would have nothing in common I think.

They might press for further reaching autonomy, but secession? No.
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Old 12-19-2007, 12:57 PM
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Support for separation among the French is at a relative low at the moment, so I don’t think it will happen anytime soon.

Nunavut could not sustain itself, not currently.
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Old 12-19-2007, 02:34 PM
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Quebec
Capital City - Quebec City
Largest Capital - Montreal
Official Language - French
Area - 1,542,056 kmē
Population - 7,700,807

GDP - C$285.158 billion
per capita - C$37,278


Excluding Quebec

Canada
Capital City - Ottawa
Largest City - Toronto
Official Language - English (French)
Area - 8,442,614 kmē
Population - 25,413,893

GDP-C$ 803.842 billion
per Capita - C$32,614


where is canada and how do you see its Future after Seperation of Nunavut from the Northwest Territories, can Quebec make a move for Independance??, and should it??? what do you think the Canadian Parliement, France and Britian will think of this??
The Territories are not independent, they're still part of Canada.
Quebec can't seperate like it use to think it could. The supreme court has determined that they would need a 2/3 majority, not a simple majority and considering the decrease of proportion of Quebecors to immigrants, it will be even that much harder to get when in 1995 they couldn't even get a simple majority.
Also, the Canadian Parliament works fine, Montersquieu would call it the perefect check and balance system.
Britain has no control of Canada since 1982
France hasn't had any sort of control since the early 1800's
So they have nothing to say about this.
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Old 12-19-2007, 02:36 PM
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I don't think independence makes sense. I am not even sure the Nunavut regions would separate.

It has already nowadays autonomy rights, even though I dont know how far they go exactly. (I think however far enough to deserve that name) Quebec would be stupid to secede from Canada, its better to be part of a larger family and its not like Canadians from both sides would have nothing in common I think.

They might press for further reaching autonomy, but secession? No.
They have their own judicial system (a la continental rather than common law) and vary on some policies such as immigration and the like
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Old 12-20-2007, 02:43 PM
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Quebec may preserve the French language, maybe not. Its definitely in long term danger. Either way, however, the traditional white "pure wool" French Canadian population will disappear just as whites are dissappearing throughout the western world. It will happen faster in Quebec though, because the birth rate is one of the lowest in the world (and the abortion rate is one of the highest), while immigration is massive into Montreal.

So far immigrants tend to stay on the island, but obviously this will change over time. Whether the French language will survive without "pure wool" Quebecois to preserve it is an open question. Immigrants are learning French in school, but whether that equates to long term assimilation of the language as their primary communications vehicle is another story.
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Old 12-21-2007, 02:17 PM
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Being an Albertan I've never really given two shish kabobs about Quebec's separatist movement.

I've always though separation would be horrible for them considering ;Quebec receives BILLIONS in equalization payments compared to zero that my province recieves and Quebec is known for their lack of job opportunities/unemployment rate.

My friend from Belgium says this kind of stuff happens in his country all the time. The country has Northern Flemish(Dutch speakers) and Southern Wallon(French speakers). Every so often a headline of the country being broken up and joining with the Netherlands and France, when in reality, the chance is miniscule.

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Old 12-21-2007, 02:20 PM
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Quebec may preserve the French language, maybe not. Its definitely in long term danger. Either way, however, the traditional white "pure wool" French Canadian population will disappear just as whites are dissappearing throughout the western world. It will happen faster in Quebec though, because the birth rate is one of the lowest in the world (and the abortion rate is one of the highest), while immigration is massive into Montreal.
I sincerely hope the french langauge stays in Quebec. I'm slowly learning it now, its such a valuable tool and can open so many doors for me not just in Canada but abroad.
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Old 12-27-2007, 06:27 PM
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those cooks have been try to break away from Canada since forever. i was stuck in Quebec in the 2001 blackout and that was the only time i was thankful they are trying to break away because they were on there own power grid. i'll give them credit though Quebec city is awesome.
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Old 12-28-2007, 12:35 AM
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The seperatist movement has only started in the 1990's when Quebecors were not granted to be considered a different nation (nation does not mean a seperate state in this case).
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