Word: quebecers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even so, Trudeau was able to bring around only nine provincial leaders. Rene Levesque, the premier of predominantly French-speaking Quebec, rejected Trudeau's compromise because it eliminated Quebec's traditional veto, which it has used to guard control over such sensitive matters as culture and education...
Levesque is still fighting. In a fiery speech last week, he called the Constitution Act a "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...
...Quebec 2, Boston I. Quebec wins series...
Boston 6, Quebec...
...Quebec 3, Boston 2, Quebec leads the seven-game series...