Why Quebec finally saw the light

Brian Wilson Sunday 13th April 2014

In 1995, the people of Quebec voted by less than one per cent to avoid secession from Canada. Last week, they voted overwhelmingly not to go through the whole rigmarole again by inflicting a crushing defeat on the separatist party which was proposing another referendum.

The analogy with our own situation is highly relevant. For supporters of independence, their perennial, unspoken motto is that they only have to win once. There is no such thing as “giving it a shot”, on the basis of sale and return.

There would be no opportunity to think again, as the Quebecois have clearly done. If that one per cent had tipped the other way, the huge majority against independence which now exists would be wasting their time saying so. They would just have been left to count the cost or ship out.......Quebec has a more elderly population and a higher dependency on welfare benefits. The reality has had plenty time to soak in that an independent Quebec would start off with massive debt while immediately losing the benefit of public expenditure cross-subsidy within Canada.....To Read More.....

 

My Take – My deepest sympathy to English Canada. Apparently they’re still stuck with Quebec, but there’s still hope. Perhaps they could still vote Quebec out.  As for the absolute determinant whether or not do so; I would make the Quebecois accept English as the only official language or boot them out.  Just a thought!

As for Scotland....the same thing is going to happen there and for the same reason. Scotland is a welfare state with huge social problems, which naturally follows welfare states. Sorry England, you're going to be stuck with Scotland, just like Canada's stuck with Quebec.