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A. Depending on how you put the question, you'll get anything from 52% to 62%. Considering that about 80% to 85% of English-speaking Quebecois ((about 15% of the population)) always say no to anything, you see 60% to 70% support among French-speaking people.
Q. Twelve years ago, 60% rejected a similar proposition. Then came the Meech Lake Accord, which would have given Quebec a measure of autonomy. But that was rejected by English-speaking Canada. What has gone on emotionally within the minds of Quebecois to make a majority say yes today when...
A. You see, 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.
But Montrealers, you see, are not inscrutable. They just would not work as villains. A Michael Crichton thriller in which the heavy is a crafty Quebecois? Not a chance. Instead Crichton rides the zeitgeist to the top of the charts with Rising Sun, a best seller whose No. 1 villain...
The crisis could go any number of ways, including petering out. Quebeckers may not want to risk a leap into the dark of independence during a recession. (Even a Quebecois economist admits that sovereignty would involve transitional costs of as much as 10% of Quebec's GDP -- a prospect that...