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...sovereignty as a word has been a marketing trademark of the Parti Quebecois for 20 years because the word independence used to be somewhat frightening. I'm not going to change the logo. Does sovereignty have the same meaning ((today)) as independence? Of course it does...
...three centuries, the Quebecois -- descendants of France's attempt to plant a North American colony -- maintained a society that was rural, Roman Catholic and inward-looking. But in the 1960s, as Quebecois moved into business and the professions, Quebecois separatists raised their sights. They now control two parties of their own -- the Parti Quebecois, which contests (and sometimes wins) Quebec provincial elections, and the newer Bloc Quebecois, which holds seats in the national Parliament. French Canadians are intelligent and entrepreneurial. When it comes to politics, they're blowhards, endlessly recounting their frustrations, many of them imaginary. Compared with other minorities...
Sabah went through a number of governments from 1963 to 1985 as its relations with peninsular Malaysia worsened. In 1985, the Berjaya party, composed of Malaysian Muslims sympathetic to the KL, was defeated by the Parti Bersatu Sabah...
...abortive battle for the accord has diminished his faith in federalism. After the failure of Meech Lake, he served notice on Mulroney that , Quebec would no longer take part in constitutional conferences; instead, it will deal directly with the federal government in Ottawa. The leader of the separatist Parti Quebecois, Jacques Parizeau, hopes to form a breakaway alliance with Bourassa's Liberal Party, but the premier's chief negotiator with Ottawa, Gil Remillard, still refers to his job as "maintaining federalism...
...Quebec, Jacques Parizeau, leader of the separatist Parti Quebecois, struck a pose shoulder to shoulder with his rival Bourassa. "Canada is saying no to Quebeckers," he declared. "I say to my premier, let's try to find a way together to the future of Quebec...