Реферат: Canadian National Unity Essay Research Paper Canadian

sits atop the Federalist side. The longer Mr Chr?tien governs, the closer he

seems to hold his cards. A very few advisors surround him, giving him aid and

have special tasks in order to save the country as a whole. Minister St?phane

Dion heads this department, and is also President of the Queen’s Privy Council

for Canada (PCO). He is really the man hired to talk to Bouchard and Duceppe and

really save our country from a federal aspect. Minister Anne McLellan handles

the hottest potato of all: the Supreme Court Reference on Quebec secession,

which is the hallmark of the Feds’ tough-love Plan B strategy. The decision sets

the legal parameters for any further secession attempt – a clear referendum

question and a clear majority (as opposed to a simple majority of 50% +1) are

now the law of the land. The Quebec Liberal Party pro Canadian with a twist of

Quebec nationalism, this party went digital in early 1997. Daniel Johnson

announced in March, 1998 that he would step down as leader, and Jean Charest has

taken his place. The party lost the 1994 provincial election by only a couple

percentage points, but actually won the last election in terms of vote

percentage – a big boost for unity. They currently hold 48 National Assembly

seats. Vision Nationale, The new federalist party, led by Jean Briere, will take

a stand against any sovereignty referendums, while promoting bilingualism in

Quebec. The party opposes distinct society status for the province. Briere wants

to tap into the 2.4 million French Quebecers who voted "No" in the

last referendum, and fight a perception in the French media that wanting to stay

in Canada is radical, while being a separatist is normal. Throughout the world,

Canada is known as a tranquil, economically prosperous, multicultural society.

Yet, in one of its provinces, Quebec, a number of people are dissatisfied with

Quebec?s relationship with the rest of Canada and want to seperate. The issue

of seperating is not new, in fact, the Quebecois voted on this very same

controversial subject in 1980, ending in a sixty-forty split in favor of the

federalists; In the weeks before the 1995 vote the polls showed a fifty-fifty

split, marking a clear and true division among both the Anglo phone and