Meanwhile, Landry noted that he "does not intend to rush the holding of a new referendum on this issue in the near future." "You cannot tire voters by holding such referendums every month," he added.
Over the past ten years, the question of granting independence to Quebec has been put before Canadian voters twice. In the last referendum, held in 1995, 49.4 percent of Quebec voters supported sovereignty for the province. The results of opinion polls indicate that even now the ideas of "national Quebec sovereignty" will not receive support from at least half of the electorate. This largely explains Landry's words that he "is not in a hurry to prepare for a new referendum."
Meanwhile, his latest statement on economic issues provoked decisive protest both from the federal authorities and within Quebec itself. Canada's Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Stéphane Dion, pointed out that "the remarks of the new Quebec premier contradict obvious statistical data." In turn, the leader of the Liberal Party in Quebec, Jean Charest, emphasized that "such unfounded statements by the head of the provincial government harm Quebec and all its residents," reports Рresscenter.ru.
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