Posted on 10/30/2006 6:32:04 AM PST by MplsSteve
On October 30, 1995 a referendum was held in the Canadian province of Quebec.
The referendum asked voters if they were willing to separate from Canada but maintain a "partership" link if so desired.
Quebecers had long maintained that they had a strongly separate cultural identity from the rest of Canada and that their culture was being subverted.
After a month long battle, the NO side (backed by then-Prime Minister Jean Chretien) defeated the YES side (backed by Premier Jacques Parizeau and Bloc Quebecois leader Lucien Bouchard.
The NO side prevailed by only 54288 votes out of 4.7 million cast.
For more info on this referendum, I encourage you to go to this web site:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Quebec_referendum
or read the book "Breaking Point" by Mario Cardinal.
Je ne me souviens
"I will never forget"
The correct translation is: I Remember.
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