Two years before the October Crisis, René Lévesque founded the Parti Québécois. In 1976 Parti Québécois won the provincial elections, and Lévesque became premier. He died in 1987.
A referendum was held in 1980 on whether Quebec wished to separate from
Canada. 86 percent voted and only 40 percent
were in favor.
A second referendum was held in 1995. 50.6 percent were against
and 49.4 percent in favor.
The nationalist terrorism is never over although they’ve
resided to peaceful approaches on the separation by means of voting. There steal remains incidents where more drastic violent
measures were taken.
In 2001, Rhéal Mathieu, (a former FLQ member from the 1960s)
tried to firebomb three coffee shops in Montreal. He complained
that the name was English, Second Cup, instead of French. He spent a month in jail. In
that same year, seven McDonald's franchises in Montreal were
firebombed over the firm's use of English rather than French on its signs. Second Cup changed their signs to Les
cafés Second Cup. Many other stores have changed their originally anglophone names to french such as The Bay(La Baie) and Staples, Inc.(Bureau en gros).
The government is very passe with their trials. M. Mathieu tried
to firebomb three coffee shops, if this were Al'Quaida in some nature where would they be? Still in jail.
Who knows what attacks will come in the future
for anglophones.
As for voting, the percentages are getting higher in favor.
So who knows, Quebec may be its own country after a third referendum.
Will you vote?
