It has never been that simple in Quebec. People want independence but have always balked because the price that accompanies it is more than they want to pay.
The Quebecois are in a way a victim of their French heritage and culture. There is something Cartesian about preferring the head over the heart. And whatever romantic feelings people have about their country, leaving Canada is not something that seems like a natural impulse.
Rene Levesque may have gotten it wrong in saying "Until next time!" Michel Montaigne, the greatest essayist in history, probably is truer to the heart of the Quebec conundrum: "Who am I?"
And its one that will never go away as long there is a Canada.
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