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The Struggle for Quebec This page intentionally left blank The Struggle for Quebec: From Referendum to Referendum ? ROBERT A. YOUNG McGill-Queen's University Press Montreal & Kingston • London • Ithaca © McGill-Queen's University Press, 1999 ISBN 0-7735-1851-7 (cloth) ISBN 0-7735-1874-6 (paper) Legal deposit first quarter 1999 Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec Printed in Canada on acid-free paper Publication of this book has been assisted by a grant from the J.B. Smallman and Spencer Memorial Fund, University of Western Ontario. McGill-Queen's University Press acknowledges the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program for its activities. We also acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program. Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Young, Robert Andrew The struggle for Quebec : from referendum to referendum? Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7735-1851-7 (bound) ISBN 0-7735-1874-6 (pbk.) 1. Quebec (Province) - History - Autonomy and independence movements. 2. Quebec (Province) - Politics and government –1994- . 3. Referendum Quebec (Province) 4. Canada - Politics and govern- ment-1993- . I. Title. FC2926.9.R4Y68 1999 971.064'8 C98-901358-8 F1053.2.Y68 1999 For Gordon Alexander Young - keen student, great teacher This page intentionally left blank Contents Abbreviations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 3 1 The 1995 Referendum and the Yes That Wasn't 13 2 The Logic of the Referendum Campaign 39 3 Had the Yes Side Won ... 60 4 The Fallout of the Referendum 72 5 Manoeuvring towards the Next Referendum 87 6 What Would Happen after a Yes in a Future Referendum? 123 Postscript 145 Notes 151 Bibliography 193 Index 205 This page intentionally left blank Abbreviations ADQ Action democratique du Quebec BQ Bloc quebecois EU European Union FTA Canada - U.S. Free Trade Agreement GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade MNA Member of the (Quebec) National Assembly MP Member of the (Canadian) Parliament NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement PQ Parti quebecois QLP Quebec Liberal Party ROC rest of Canada UDI unilateral declaration of independence

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