Referendum? What Referendum?
A constitutional expert argues that the federal insistence on clarity has paid off April 2007
At the time this essay went to press, Quebecers were already in the throes of an unusually volatile election. Although the Parti Québécois appeared poised to suffer a significant setback on March 26, its commitment to holding a “public consultation” (read: referendum) on sovereignty had become a major campaign issue. Whether Jean Charest’s Liberals or even Mario Dumont’s Action démocratique du Québec win the…