Word: partied
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Trudeau, washed into office on waves of Trudeaumania, was put in place in the hope that he would keep a smoldering Quebec in confederation, and, in that, he succeeded, even as he also alienated the west. The separatist Parti Quebecois, once a serious threat, is now a spent force, reduced to a 23% following in the latest polls. In the future, it seems likely that the more vengeful clauses of their language legislation will be revoked. I dream that some day it will be legal again for an English-language bookshop in Montreal to mount a bilingual sign...
...attached to a Canadian Armed Forces installation near Ottawa. Canadian authorities have not speculated on Lortie's motives. But the tape left by the man at CJRP threatened to "destroy" the provincial government, which has espoused separation from the rest of Canada. The recording railed against the ruling Parti Québécois 's pro-French language policies, declaring: "I [have] waited for just the right moment. It's at hand now. The government will be destroyed...
...most pernicious document" that would "systematically isolate" Quebec. In fact, polls show that only 32% of Quebeckers back his stand, while 48% feel he should have approved the new constitution. Levesque boycotted the ceremony in Ottawa, but French-and English-speaking members of Quebec's opposition Liberal Party attended. An anticonstitution demonstration organized by his Parti Quebecois in Montreal drew 25,000 marchers...
...British Parliament to transfer the B. N. A. Act, complete with the new amending formula and charter of rights, to Ottawa. No real trouble is expected in London now that Trudeau has satisfied the concerns of the Canadian Supreme Court. Still, the compromise left Lévesque, whose Parti Quebecois favors independence for the French-speaking province, disquietingly isolated and the course of his future actions in doubt. "Quebec finds itself alone," he declared. "It will be up to the Quebec people to draw their conclusions...
...vesque's tactics paid off handsomely: the Parti Québecois won an impressive 80 seats in the 122-seat legislature compared with 67 in the outgoing assembly. Moreover, the victory was accepted with equanimity by the losers. There was no trace of the near panic that followed Lévesque's 1976 election, when many Quebeckers hastily transferred their assets to U.S. banks in fear of possible devaluation or other economic turmoil...