This is in the news today
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Support for Quebec sovereignty growing: poll
CTV.ca News Staff
Controversy over the sponsorship scandal is fuelling a resurgence of separatist sentiment in Quebec, according to the results of a just-released opinion poll.
Support for sovereignty has hit a seven-year high in Quebec, say the pollsters behind a Leger Marketing survey conducted for the Globe and Mail and Le Devoir.
When asked whether they would support sovereignty based on an economic and political partnership with the rest of Canada -- the same question asked in the Oct. 30, 1995, referendum that spurred the now-defunct sponsorship program -- 54 per cent said they would.
According to the survey of Quebec voters, 76 per cent of voters feel betrayed by the actions of former prime minister Jean Chretien and the federal Liberals in the years since the referendum.
According to pollster Jean-Marc Léger, that opinion was even strong among proclaimed federalists.
"The sponsorship program, which contributed to undermining support for sovereignty between 1997 and 2002, is now having the opposite effect," he told the Globe.
"In fact it is helping rebuild the sovereignty movement."
Other highlights from the poll include:
37 per cent said revelations and allegations raised at the Gomery inquiry have fuelled their support for sovereignty
49 per cent believe Quebec will one day become a sovereign country, compared to 41 per cent who don't
49 per cent favour another referendum, while 46 per cent oppose it
48 per cent said they were confident "renewed federalism" was possible, while 45 per cent said it was not.
When asked whether a vote for sovereignty still meant that they wanted Quebec to be part of Canada, 56 per cent of respondents said yes while 40 per cent said no.
Based on interviews with 1,008 eligible Quebec voters conducted between April 21 and 24, the poll is considered accurate within 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out 20.
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Well this is just another poll, and in keeping with other remarks I've made, well, I don't have much faith in polls or who are commissioning them for whatever reasons.
But I thought this line was of interest:
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When asked whether a vote for sovereignty still meant that they wanted Quebec to be part of Canada, 56 per cent of respondents said yes while 40 per cent said no.
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As said before, Canadians for the most part don't want Quebec to seperate, but if I'm interpreting this quote correctly, this is along the lines of
friends with benefits in which Quebec wants to independently forge it's own path but with continued support from Canada. And again, not bloody likely.