National question (Quebec)

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The national question (in French: la question nationale) is an expression referring to the discussion about the future status of Quebec within Canada, taking into consideration issues of autonomy, sovereignty, and independence.

Various political positions in answer to the national question

• Quebec sovereignty movement
  • Independence with an economic union with Canada
  • Independence without an economic union with Canada
• Quebec federalism
  • Further autonomy within the Canadian federation, along with national recognition as a distinct society and autonomous province separate from other provinces in country
  • Asymmetrical federalism
  • Status quo

See also

• Politics of Quebec
• 1980 Quebec referendum
• 1995 Quebec referendum

Nationalism

• État Québécois
• Commission on the Political and Constitutional Future of Quebec
• Robert Bourassa's speech on the end of the Meech Lake Accord
• Quebec nationalism

Sovereigntism

• Sovereigntist events and strategies
• Quebec sovereigntism

Federalism

• Meech Lake Accord
• Charlottetown Accord
• Distinct society
• Quebec federalist ideology
• Quebec autonomism