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I don't think they should be allowed to seceed period.
I think it would be a mistake for both parties to seperate.
Moreover, I see no need to seperate.
From what I understand, based on conversations with Quebquois friends and listening to political commentary, the questions in the previous referenda were so convoluted it was never clear to many that +50% would mean seperating from Canada. Many (many) understood they were voting to give a "wake up call" to the Federalists.
When Jacques Parizeau said that he would have intituted seperation in a matter of weeks after a +50% vote, I seem to recall many Quebequois freaked out.
The real issue behind Quebec seperation is the same issue that lies in the alienation many in the west feel... Regionalism. (this is not to say the regional issues are the same, just that they are regional differences -- if that makes sense)
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