Partenaires pour la souveraineté
Partenaires pour la souveraineté (English: Partners of Sovereignty) was a
Partenaires pour la souveraineté was launched in January 1995 as a coalition of fifteen organizations, including the
Partenaires pour la souveraineté's leader was Nicole Boudreau, a former leader of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society in Montreal. During the 1995 Quebec referendum on sovereignty, Boudreau undertook a tour to encourage women to support the sovereigntist option.[3] The coalition also launched a $150,000 radio advertisement campaign in the middle of the referendum campaign to support the sovereigntist "Oui" option.[4] Ultimately, the sovereigntist option was narrowly defeated.
Partenaires pour la souveraineté began publishing a journal, the Partenaires Express, in 1996.[5] The 1997, the coalition led a campaign to increase public support for Quebec's Charter of the French Language.[6]
The Centrale de l'enseignement du Québec, representing Quebec teachers, withdrew from the coalition in February 1998. While reiterating their support for
References
- ^ Robert McKenzie, "PQ planning propaganda blitz Coalition adding own information campaign," Montreal Gazette, 29 March 1995, A10; Irwin Block, "Key players An outline of Quebec groups organized to back Yes or No in sovereignty battle," Montreal Gazette, 6 October 1995, A8. The latter article indicates that the Partenaires pour la souveraineté coalition had previously existed under a different name.
- ^ Philip Authier, "Quebec plans information blitz for vote," Calgary Herald, 29 March 1995, A1; Pierre-Paul Proulx, "Some comments on Earl Fry's discussion of the economic dimension of Quebec, Canada and United States relations," The American Review of Canadian Studies, Volume 36 Edition 4 (Winter 1996), p. 607.
- ^ Hubert Bauch, "Separatist women hit road in push to gain Yes votes," Montreal Gazette, 6 September 1995, A12.
- ^ Andre Picard, "Federalist ads stress sepa-ration if Yes side wins Millions of dollars earmarked in campaign to persuade Quebeckers which way to vote," Montreal Gazette, 20 September 1995, N6.
- ^ Philippe Couton and Jeffrey Cormier, "Voluntary associations and state expansion in Quebec - 1955-1970," Journal of Political and Military Sociology, Volume 29 Edition 1 (Summer 2001), pp. 19-45.
- ^ Michelle Lalonde, "Separatists to polish Bill 101's image," Ottawa Citizen, 25 August 1997, A3.
- ^ Aaron Derfel, "Teachers pull out of separatist coalition," Montreal Gazette, 27 February 1998, A7.
- ^ Lysiane Gagnon, "A dearth of new blood for the PQ," Montreal Gazette, 8 August 1993, D3.