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Adélard Godbout - - Quebec History - Histoire du Québec (2767 words) |
 | The notion of the premier of the province of Quebec waxing the boots of soldiers was appalling, as was demeaning in the extreme the idea that the Premier of Quebec had “a leader” and that the leader was in Ottawa... |
| Elections in Quebec are not won with this kind of sentiments. |
| Quebec was the last province to do so in Canada and it was evidently long overdue. |
| Quebec's constitutional veto: the legal and historical context (BP-295E) (3351 words) |
| Quebec provincial governments, particularly in the post-war period, have added to this interpretation the argument that Quebec, the only political entity in Canada with a majority francophone population, is the "cornerstone" of French Canada. |
| Even though Quebec continued to subscribe to the more general theory that the consent of all provinces was required for patriation and a new amending formula, successive Quebec governments moved steadily towards the formula position that Quebec had a special status within Confederation, including a unique claim on a constitutional veto. |
| The fact that Quebec was able to block important attempts to change the Constitution (as in 1965 when Premier Lesage vetoed the Fulton-Favreau amending formula, and in 1971 when Premier Bourassa refused to agree to the Victoria Charter) was subsequently interpreted within Quebec as a confirmation of the existence of that province’s constitutional veto. |
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