Boisclair says PQ won't be bound by law governing referendums

[Sinclair]

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/11/20/pqleader051120.html

The new Parti Québécois leader, André Boisclair, says he won't submit to federal ground rules for a future sovereignty referendum.

If and when the Parti Québécois forms a government in Quebec, Boisclair said Sunday, it won't be bound by the Clarity Act.

The federal legislation, introduced under the government of former prime minister Jean Chrétien, sets the conditions whereby Ottawa would recognize a vote for secession.

It gives the House of Commons the power to override any referendum decision if it considers either the question or the size of the majority to be "unclear."

In a joint press conference with Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe in Montreal on Sunday, Boisclair said the Clarity Act was unacceptable.

A Yes vote in a referendum would be all his provincial party would need to secede from Canada, he said.

"It belongs to Quebecers to decide their future," Boisclair said.

Undoubtedly, the answer to this will be more pathetic begging from Ottawa, and more money to Quebec. :mad:

[Felix the Cat]

Isn't he gh3y?

[Hakluyt]

The Clarity Act is well received in circles of international law, few would recognise Quebec's unilateral independence should they bypass it, possibly France and a few African countries but certainly not the US