Brexit vote not that helpful to Quebec sovereigntists

The U.K. episode is just as likely to remind the majority of Quebecers who resist the prospect of another referendum just how divisive such exercises can be.

Concert-goers celebrate la Fête nationale du Québec. This year's party finds the sovereignty movement decapitated, with its two main parties—the PQ and the Bloc Québécois—leaderless, writes Chantal Hébert.Flickr photograph by erwan.lher

Opinion

BY CHANTAL HÉBERT

June 29, 2016

MONTREAL—There was a time, not long ago, when the Quebec sovereignty movement swore by the model of the European Union. In the lead-up to the 1995 referendum, it provided the template for the project of a post-secession partnership with the rest of Canada. Back then, most leading sovereigntists s...

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