Inside Story Americas: Does Quebec Really Want Independence?

September 07, 2012 from Al Jazeera English

As separatists return to power in Québec, Inside Story Americas asks if Parti Québécois's victory was more about anger directed at the province's previous government than pursuing sovereignty from Canada. Shihab Rattansi speaks to guests Francine Pelletier, Tom Walkom, and David Biette.

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Parti Québécois

The Parti Québécois is a leftist provincial political party in the province of Quebec in Canada that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec that would involve secession of Quebec from Canada and establishing Quebec as a sovereign state. The PQ has promoted t... Explore this topic

2012 Quebec student protests

The 2012 Quebec student protests were a series of student demonstrations led by student unions like the Fédération étudiante universitaire du Québec, and their supporters against a proposal by the Quebec Cabinet, headed by Liberal Premier Jean Charest, to raise university tuit... Explore this topic

Québec

Quebec is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province that has a predominantly French speaking population and French as the sole official language at the provincial level. Quebec is Canada's largest province by area and its second-largest administrative... Explore this topic

Pauline Marois

Pauline Marois is a politician. Explore this topic

Politics of Quebec

The politics of Quebec are centred on a provincial government resembling that of the other Canadian provinces, namely a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The capital of the province is Quebec City, where the Lieutenant Governor, Premier, the legislature, and... Explore this topic

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean. Canada is the world's second-largest country by total area, and... Explore this topic

Student protest

Student protest encompasses a wide range of activities that indicate student dissatisfaction with a given political or academic issue and mobilization to communicate this dissatisfaction to the authorities and society in general and hopefully remedy the problem. Protest forms ... Explore this topic

Quebec sovereignty movement

The Quebec sovereignty movement refers to both the political movement and the ideology of values, concepts and ideas that promote the secession of the province of Quebec from the rest of Canada. While some historic affiliations to the movement suggested a violent, militarist r... Explore this topic

Jean Charest

John James "Jean" Charest, PC is a Canadian politician who served as the 29th Premier of Quebec, from 2003 to 2012. He lost the provincial election held September 4, 2012 and resigned as Premier on September 19. He was the Deputy Prime Minister of Canada from June 25, 1993, un... Explore this topic

Politics of Canada

The politics of Canada function within a framework of parliamentary democracy and a federal system of parliamentary government with strong democratic traditions. Canada is a constitutional monarchy, in which the Monarch is head of state. The country has a multi-party system in... Explore this topic

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