... Secession With the 1995 Referendum rendering such a close victory for the Canadian government and supporters of a unified Canada, the Governor in Council asked the Supreme Court of Canada to better define what legitimate powers Quebec has for secession. Briefly, those questions were: Under the Canadian Constitution can any government within Quebec effect its secession from Canada; does international law give any ... that Quebec would be unable to secede on simply their own accord so long as Canada allows Quebec to be self-determinate Because the Supreme Court rulings were still somewhat...

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