In an independent Quebec more than half the population wants to keep their Canadian citizenship: poll
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/in-an-independent-quebec-more-than-half-the-population-wants-to-keep-their-canadian-citizenship-poll#comments-area
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More than half doesn’t want an independent Quebec, so it makes sense…
When these types of reports come out, I’m always confused by what the respondents think independence means.
In many cases (not just Quebec) it seems to be interpreted as ‘we’ll get all of the benefits, but none of the downsides’. Yes, we’d all love that, but that’s not how relationships work.
Hahahaha! Hard no
Keep Canadian passports, currency and social safety net. Totally want independence so long as there is no cost or sacrifice required.
Quebec wants their Canadian citizenship, Alberta wants their Canadian pension etc.
It seems like no one is talking about independence honestly. Independence would mean you are not apart of Canada anymore in anyway. You don’t get to pick and choose.
I wish all of this separatist talk could stop and we could just work towards making Canada better
That is not how this works. You don’t get to leave and still enjoy the benefits. I love Alberta and Quebec, but if they really think they are better off then go it alone. We have had 70+ years relative stability and now a bunch of fuckwits with two car garages, 2 side by sides, and a boat want to implode it all because they “feel” like they somehow deserve more. So tired….
Sounds like they want their cake and to eat it too.
I live in Alberta and I’ve heard ~~people~~ idiots here say the same kind of thing.
“Oh we’d still use the Canadian dollar.” They seem to think basically nothing at all inconvenient to them would happen
Pretty much no one in Quebec is interested in leaving Canada at the moment and its likely to stay that way for at least as long as the US is a fascist country. This seems more like propaganda than news.
Independence means a complete cut off from Canada. Means they have to provide their own military, police, pension plans, social safety nets, their own passports and develop their own trade relationships (good luck with that as no countries or companies will trust them – look at 1995 disaster). Yes Alberta looking at you too. Also they will have to pry to get a seat at UN. None of these will ever come easy.
So slightly less than half doesn’t.
Guys it the NationalPost a US based news outlet. And you are going to let that paint a picture of your fellow Canadian? Please dont drown in your echo chamber
That’s not how it works
As a Quebecer living in Québec, I do not support Québec independence, like more than half of polled Quebecers.
Therefore, I would like to retain my Canadian passport and all the privileges it confers me, because I’ve done nothing to merit a Québec government stripping that from me?
Bit of a rage baiting headline in my view.
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Keep in mind, there’s also more than half of Quebec population who don’t want to separate from Canada
No one I’m talking to want independance except some wacos. The issue is the PQ and the bloc, these parasites aways find a way to resuscitate this dead idea.
The CAQ is in limbo, same as the liberals so PQ has a good chance for the next election but I predict that as soon as they start talking about independance, people will put their vote elsewhere.
Soooo more than half doesnt want to separate?
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Yeah, there ain’t gonna be no referendum.
Lots of people who emigrate from Canada also want to keep their citizenship. Not really surprising.
Mais bien sûr… On veut le beurre et l’argent du beurre…
Given all the ruling on giving citizenship, I’m not even sure that Québécois could legally lose their Canadian citizenship, even if I think they should lose their Canadian citizenship
I’d respect independence more if it didn’t just sound like a negotiating tactic.
What to do federal taxes even the pay for?
have bread and f..k the baker…
I don’t think separation works that way. I want a divorce, but still want to be married.
They want their cake and to eat it too. I want them gone. I wish them the best.
Nope.
I mean yeah, if I didn’t want to be independent but my province was trying to force me along, I’d also want to keep the benefits of Canada. Most Quebecois are not pro-independence, at least in the way of being a completely sovereign nation.
That was the biggest mistake 30 years ago prior to the referendum. The Prime Minister never flat out said “you will have to get your own money, new passports, pensions and the value of your house will drop to half because of people leaving.” That would have ended the separation movement immediately.
Vive le Québec libre
Gardez le votre pays artificiel aux politiques de droite. Le Québec est beaucoup plus humain
They do realize they would lose access to countless things they have, right? They would lose our constitution, our trade deals, our currency, our passport, our health care, our pensions, and SO much more that is both awful and inconvenient. These are some of the few things they realized a very, very long time ago that made them avoid it in the first place. That’s a weird statistic anyway. Half the population of whatever population that would vote for it?
I’m okay with Quebec being Scotland.
But not okay with Quebec being a separate state with independent federal gov, military, monetary policy, etc.
the old “have cake and eat it too” maneuver.
It’s interesting that the same vitriol isn’t being rallied against Quebecer’s, as it is in Alberta. Or am I missing that here in the west?
I smell something is off
Nope. The gun-ho types who are wanting their province to secede should be willing to give up their Canadian citizenship. No takesies backsies.
It’s easy to talk shit when, if your independence experiment fails, you have the option of quickly moving back to Canada. If you’re so confident that independence will work out, you shouldn’t need your Canadian citizenship.
I am wondering if staying as Canada united, might be better for Canada, given the current administration in the USA.
Non paywall
[https://archive.is/20260117131914/https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/in-an-independent-quebec-more-than-half-the-population-wants-to-keep-their-canadian-citizenship-poll#selection-2537.11-2537.147](https://archive.is/20260117131914/https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/in-an-independent-quebec-more-than-half-the-population-wants-to-keep-their-canadian-citizenship-poll#selection-2537.11-2537.147)
Can’t have your cake and eat it too
A lot of francophones get hired into the public service because of their high rates of bilingualism. It’d be another thing they would lose in the event of separation, a generally very stable form of employment.
If they did leave they would not get their portion of cpp, that alone should be enough to scare anyone from actually wanting to separate. If you are 50 and would hypothetically vote for it u got Bain damage.
I feel like this kind of nonsense is just being fueled by foreign influence that want to harm the west – like Brexit all over again. If Quebec separates, you might as well start ceding territory to Russia or the US.