RE:RE:Quebec Pension FundI'm french canadian, (1608), not really a separatist, but I cannot agree with what you write. The Treaty of Utrecht effectively dispossessed the new France of the territories of northern Quebec. Only they were given to him during the construction of Canada. Quebec included ontario, should Quebec claim a share usig the same treaty? You are forgetting the major role that the Quebec nation has played in Canadian development. Proposing to take away from Quebec the hydroelectric development that we carried out there by issuing an advantageous treaty does not take into account everything that has happened since.
The act of union was badly perceived by French Canadians. It was an ill-clever attempt that gave birth to the separatist movement. Wikipedia “The Act established a single parliament with an equal number of seats for each region, now called Canada East and Canada West. Both regions ’debts were consolidated. A permanent Civil List was created. The French language was banished from official government use.” This fusion of the debt, this attempt to banish French and the non-proportional representation better situates the separatist existence. To give back to Quebec only a small strip of land is insulting. CN was largely funded by Quebec, Alberta bankrupt in the 1930s was helped by Quebec, and Quebecers fought alongside Canadians in WWII. It would be the equivalent of throwing his wife out after 20 years of marriage with $ 100 in his pocket. A tempting solution I imagine.
Now, why is the bloc and the left in Quebec doing this? Probably to provoke what she cannot get to vote I imagine. Get kicked out of Canada. As a Quebecer, I do not hope for a leftist country formed by the PQ. Not all Quebecers are on the left, or against Alberta oil. Biden and Trudeau are not oil's best friends too. The separatists therefore use one more point to distinguish themselves. If, on the other hand,we had oil, it is clear that the environmental separatist alliance would not take place. Alberta is really painted in the area, and pointing to Quebec, as shocking as it is, will not allow it to free itself from the global environmental movement. Blackrock, the European Union, Greta. For my part I believe that we must re-educate people on the irreplaceable role of oil, (we see it by gas prices in English) on this wealth for the country and try to move the pipeline towards the Atlantic again.