On 2/7/2012 12:57 PM, Michel Boucher wrote:
> > wrote in
>
> s.com:
>
>>> Scotland, England, Wales and NI are parts of the same
>>> _state_; but they are different nations.
>>
>> Ah, like the Iroquois and the Apache are separate nations.
>
> And Québec. It all depends how you define nation.
>
> " On October 30, 2003, the National Assembly of Quebec voted
> unanimously to affirm "that the people of Québec form a nation."
> On November 27, 2006, the House of Commons passed a symbolic
> motion moved by Prime Minister Stephen Harper declaring "that
> this House recognize that the Québécois form a nation within a
> united Canada." However, there is considerable debate and
> uncertainty over what this means. "
>
> There is no debate as to what it means to the Québécois. There
> is debate as to what it means to the federalists. Or in the
> words of Bob Hoskins' character Dobbs in THick as Thieves: Wot's
> 'is game, eh? One suspects Harper thought he was buying votes,
> but it turned out differently. He certainly did not do it
> because it was "the right thing".
>
I wonder what are the legal aspects of complete secession in Canada and
Britain. The USA did fight a war concerning the secession of the CSA, as
you probably know.

--
Jim Silverton

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