French-speaking Quebecers and the majority of the Canadians are at odds on the Quebec government’s recent bill to amend Canada’s Constitution and to reform the province’s language law, according to a new poll that reveals the depth of divergence across the country. The poll (pdf) is a national survey on Quebec government’s introduction of Bill 96, which proposes to amend Canada’s Constitution Act, recognizing Quebec as a “nation” and French as its sole official language. The results of the survey show that 62 percent of the Quebecers believe that a province should be allowed to unilaterally amend the Canadian Constitution. By contrast, less than one-fifth of the Canadians living outside of Quebec share the same mentality. The poll was conducted by Léger Marketing for the Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) and the Association for Canadian Studies (ACS). A sample of 1,623 Canadians above 18 years of age were collected via …
Poll Shows Wide Gap Between Quebecers and Other Canadians on Bill to Amend Constitution
June 1, 2021
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