23 October 2015

William Johnson: Is the time ripe for Quebec to recognize the Constitution?

http://montrealgazette.com/news/national/opinion-is-the-time-ripe-for-quebec-to-recognize-the-constitution

Now that Quebecers have given Trudeau a plurality of their votes and a majority of the province’s seats, surely he and Couillard can cut the Gordian knot by rallying the premiers for a constitutional amendment that proclaims: “Quebec is a distinct society within Canada, as was recognized by the Fathers of Confederation, by the 1867 Constitution Act, and by the Supreme Court of Canada in numerous decisions since.”

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