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The 1995 Quebec referendum was the second referendum to ask voters in the predominantly French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec whether Quebec should proclaim sovereignty and become an independent country, with the condition precedent of offering a political and economic agreement to Canada.
The goal of Quebec's sovereignist movement is to make Quebec an independent state. In practice, the terms independentist, sovereignist, and separatist are used to describe people adhering to this movement, although the latter term is perceived as pejorative by those concerned as it de-emphasizes that the sovereignty project aims to achieve political independence without severing economic ...
The Unity Rally (French: Rassemblement de l'unité) was a rally held on October 27, 1995, in downtown Montreal, where an estimated 100,000 Canadians from in and outside Quebec came to celebrate a united Canada, and plead with Quebecers to vote "No" in the Quebec independence referendum (held three days after the rally).
Breaking Point (French: Point de rupture) is a Canadian documentary film, released in 2005.Aired on CBC Television in English and on Radio-Canada in French and released to mark the tenth anniversary of the 1995 Quebec sovereignty referendum, the film explored the dynamics of the referendum campaign through interviews with and news clips of several of the major players on both sides of the debate.
Quebec referendum may refer to one of the two referendums held solely in Quebec: 1980 Quebec referendum, the 1980 plebiscite to grant the Government of Quebec a mandate to negotiate sovereignty-association; 1995 Quebec referendum, the 1995 referendum to allow the Government of Quebec, after offering a partnership to Canada, to declare independence
Among other changes, support for Quebec independence began to form and grow. The first organization dedicated to the independence of Quebec was the Alliance Laurentienne, founded by Raymond Barbeau on January 25, 1957. [1] On September 10, 1960, the Rassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale (RIN) was founded.
Three days prior to the 1995 Quebec referendum for sovereignty, at a Place du Canada rally opposing independence, the event organizers played the song at its completion. [3] Pointe-à-Callière Museum selected the song as one of five best songs about Montreal. [2] "The Main" Nanette Workman: The blues song warmly lauds Montreal's rowdy ...
The French-language media in Quebec, particularly Quebecor, has termed anti-Quebec sentiment Québec bashing [6] —what it perceives as hateful, anti-Quebec coverage in the English-language media. It mostly cites examples from the English-Canadian media, and occasionally in coverage from other countries, often based on Canadian sources. [ 7 ]