So what does the rest of Canada think about Quebec? There are many who wish to see Quebec remain as part of Canada but at what cost? For the last 45 odd years Quebec has threatened to leave Canada and the cost to the rest of the country has been extremely expensive. More than 60% of our federal tax dollar goes to Quebec and yet Quebec does not have 60% of the population. Why is that? Simply, the political parties, especially the Liberals have tried to buy favour in Quebec by, essentially, “paying them off”.
Does anyone in the rest of Canada truly believe that Quebec would ever leave this gravy train? Have you noticed in the last decade they have begun to use the term “sovereign association” in place of “separation”. Again, this can only mean that they will not be governed by the laws of the rest of Canada but they will gladly grab as much of the tax dollar as they possibly can get away with.
Next time Quebec calls for a separatist referendum it would be incumbent on the rest of Canada to hold their own referendum on whether we want to keep Quebec in. It might be a rather daunting result for Quebec. Let’s call their bluff and get this over and done with once and for all.
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