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Referenda in Quebec--most recently in 1995--have narrowly opposed Quebec's separation from the rest of Canada. Charest's party, the official opposition in the Quebec parliament, has been outspoken in its opposition to Quebec independence...
Pierre Martin, the Mackenzie King visiting associate professor of Canadian studies and director of the Canada seminars, introduced Charest as "an accomplished politician" and an important force in Canadian politics. Martin, whose permanent position is at the University of Montreal, teaches Harvard's only Canadian politics class...
...Charest, 41, has served as a member of Quebec's legislative assembly from Sherbrooke since leaving federal politics in 1998. Previously, he served as Federal Minister of Environment, Minister of Youth, and leader of the Progressive Conservative party as a representative of the same constituency...
According to Charest, issues of Quebecois and native Canadian sovereignty will lead to a "painful" era that will "test our values as Canadians...
...several points Charest took opportunities to illustrate humorously the differences between Canada and the United States...