I Am Not A Statesman So I Am Not Quite Sure How To Take This

The this I am referring to is Harper's position of recognizing Quebec as a nation within Canada. Sounds great but then I think of the boondogle that recognizes indians as a nation.

A nation within a nation? Wednesday, November 22. 2006

Harper wants to recognize Quebec as nation within a united Canada

Prime Minister Stephen Harper surprised the House of Commons today by announcing his party wants to recognize Quebec as nation within a united Canada.

Harper said the party is putting forward a motion to recognize Quebec’s nationhood within Canada in order to supersede a Bloc Quebecois motion that he says would virtually be a vote for separation from the rest of Canada.

The prime minister said under the BQ motion that: “If we recognize Quebecers as a nation, we have to vote ‘yes’ in a referendum on separation.”

An emotional Liberal Leader Bill Graham responded to Harper’s announcement by saying MPs have to “transcend” partisan differences to ensure Canada remains a united, strong country.

The multicultural composition of Canada, which is the envy of the world, came to be because of Canada’s history as a bilingual nation, Graham said.

He said it’s up to MPs to fight for the rights of a united Canada.

Harper said Quebec forms a nation within Canada, but does not and should never form an independent society, he said.

“Do Quebecers form an independent nation from Canada? The answer is no and it will always be no,” Harper said.

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