What does Québec want, exactly? In short: the Meech Lake Accord!

September 17, 2016 4 min to read

What does Québec want, exactly? In short: the Meech Lake Accord!

Category : Complaints, History, Main Articles

I can summarize this whole site in only 4 words: the Meech Lake Accord. Yes, it’s almost that simple. The Meech Lake Accord would have probably been enough to satisfy most of Québec’s demands; at least, those of the majority of Quebeckers, removing any opportunities that ultra-nationalists might have had to gain importan...

Why do Québec nationalists claim the 1867 Constitution is invalid?

September 17, 2016 2 min to read

Why do Québec nationalists claim the 1867 Constitution is invalid?

Category : Complaints, History

This one is rather complex to understand for a non-nationalist, in fact, I had trouble with it myself because I feel like this is mainly a house of cards built to support a narrative than an actual fact, but oddly enough, while their facts are a little slim there is indeed a series of problems with the 1867 constitution. First, in 18...

The main reason Québec rejects the 1982 constitution: the amendment rule

September 16, 2016 3 min to read

The main reason Québec rejects the 1982 constitution: the amendment rule

Category : Complaints, Main Articles, Politics

From our very nature of our having been colonized by a different colonial power, Québec, even before the original constitution of 1867, was different from the other provinces. In the 1860s, during discussions of Confederation, Québec was hesitant to join ranks with the other 3 provinces (Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia). Wha...

Is it fair Taxpayers from Québec pay 16.5% less federal income tax?

September 15, 2016 2 min to read

Is it fair Taxpayers from Québec pay 16.5% less federal income tax?

Category : Attacks on Québec, Differences

To be honest, put like that, it’s true that it doesn’t appear fair for Québec taxpayers (and only for Québec taxpayers) to get a 16.5% reduction in their Federal income tax. This program is called the Quebec Abatement and the few people outside of Québec who hear about it are generally outraged that Quebec doesn’...

Québec was colonized by France, Canada by England

September 15, 2016 1 min to read

Québec was colonized by France, Canada by England

Category : Differences, Main Articles, New France

From the very beginning, the people who initially formed Québec were very different from the people who colonized the rest of Canada. The ancestors of most of the Québecois arrived in Québec from France between 1608 and 1763. My direct paternal ancestor, for example, arrived in 1673, but 90 years later, the flow of French immigran...