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Buffalo at Quebec...
...began John Hancock in perhaps the most eloquent justification of secession in the modern era. Unfortunately, such eloquence and reason are rarely to be seen nowadays, especially among those who would wrest Quebec from Canada. Just north of the border, an elaborate campaign is being waged to coax Quebec to sovereignty. It is poorly conceived, desperate and groundless. Thank God Quebecers are smart enough to see right through...
Last month, the separatist Parti Québécois (PQ) government of Quebec launched 18 commissions to drum up public support for sovereignty. In what was to have been an explosive first month, the commissions have proven to be the latest flop in a series of failed attempts to kick-start nationalist passions. Only 38.5 percent of Quebecers in a recent survey indicated that they were "paying a lot or some attention" to the commissions. One source reported that in the midst of "many tough questions" on separation, the commissions produced "few clear answers." Support for sovereignty hovers...
...self-determining entity' with clear territorial bounds; that among this group, there must a clearly-expressed and incontestable will to secede for reasons of neo-colonial exploitation, denial of fundamental human rights, or functional subjugation or disenfranchisement; and that the new state must earn international recognition. The case of Quebec fulfills none of these criteria...