Quebecios - Separatism

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Quebec 's - Separatism

Overview

From the time of Confederation , there has always been tension between the French-speaking francophone and the English-speaking Anglophones of Canada . During the late 1960 's , this tension developed into a nationalistic belief known as the Quebec Separatist movement , which became the main focus of Canada 's arguable issues for decades to come The movement was inspired by the belief that Quebec was a distinct society from the rest of Canada with different culture and different ambitions so it

should separate from Canada to form its own sovereign nation . Though it gained support initially and had valid arguments for separation , a lot has changed from the beginning of the movement to present time . Some of these changes include the promotion of equality between francophone and Anglophones by the Canadian Government , the declining public support for the separatist cause and Quebec economy 's rising dependence on Canada . In present time , Quebec no longer has any justifiable reason to want to separate from Canada into a sovereign nation (WALKS 411-40

Thirty years ago French-Canadians complained about the English business establishment , but today French-Canadian businessmen have themselves become the leaders . Since 1976 , thousands of Quebecers and dozens of corporations have left for other Canadian cities or the United States Those who left were primarily English speaking , and left because of their uncertain economic futures and because they did not see themselves as part of the larger vision of an independent , French-speaking Quebec Another thing that...