From: wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Smith)
Subject: The partition of Quebec (from an APEC pamphlet)
Organization: (this space for rent)
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 21:14:08 GMT


A while ago I got this pamphlet from APEC.

-> Disclaimer.  I know very little about this group, other than the fact
   that, like practically all of the alternative parties in this country,
   they are portrayed as a bunch of rednecks, loose cannons, and not
   representative of how the majority of canadians might think on the
   wide variety of issues that these "fringe" parties seem to tackle...

I recently found the pamphlet, and it makes 3 points on Quebec separation...
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PARTITION
The geo-political consequences of Quebec Sovereignty

Why partition?
Canada must ensure her own future if Quebec decides to separate.

What must remain part of Canada?

1) Rupert's Land
(picture a line from New Liskard (ont?) to Labrador City.  Everything north
 of this line in the PQ is indicated to be Rupert's Land).

Rupert's Land is part of Canada's endowment.  When Canada became a nation
in 1867, Rupert's Land was not even part of Quebec.  It is Canadian territory
that under no circumstances should be ceded to a foreign country.

2) A Canadian Corridor
(picture a corridor of land roughly 50 miles wide that runs down the middle
 of the St. Lawrence river  from Montreal to Quebec city, then runs along the
south shore all the way to the Gaspe penninsula.  This roughly indicated
corridor actually does isolate the extreme southern Quebec and the Gaspe
penninsula from the rest of the province)

Canada must retain a corridor of sovereignty with her maritime provinces and
the Atlantic ocean, including the St. Lawrence seaway, the TransCanada
Highway, the Canadian national railway, and the sovereignty to sustain her 
transcontinental air and telecommunications services.

3) Federalist Quebec:

(picture 4 or 5 areas, which include the above mentioned isolated areas of
extreme southern Quebec, an area that boarders Ontario, and an area directy
under Labrador extending to include Anticosti Island)

Canadians living in Quebec must be allowed to show, by regional referendums,
whether their regions would choose to remain part of Canada.  If Quebec can
legitimately separate from Canada, then Federalist regions can legitimately
separate from Quebec.

Is Partition Legal?
Section 42(1)(f) of the Constitution Act, 1982, gives Canada the right to
partition Quebec.

What can you do as an individual canadian?
Contact your member of parlaiment and your member of your provincial 
legislature and demand their support for the Partition of Quebec in the
event that the Government of Quebec opts for independence.

The future of Canada as a strong and viable nation has to be the bottom line.
If Quebec Nationalists aspire to create an independant state, they must clearly
understand that such is achievable, BUT ONLY ON CANADA'S TERMS.
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Now I could also quote the last page, which gives the address and other
relevant info about APEC, but lest I be labeled an APEC redneck, I won't
post that info.

They do mention a book, titled Partition - The price of Quebec's Independence
by Dr. William Shaw and Lionel Albert.

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Well?  Do they make any credible points?
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