Majority in Quebec favour sovereignity.

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Poll: Majority in Quebec favor sovereignty
Wednesday, April 27, 2005 Posted: 1244 GMT


OTTAWA, Canada (Reuters) -- A majority of voters in French-speaking Quebec back sovereignty for the province, the highest level for more than seven years, according to an opinion poll released on Wednesday.

The Leger Marketing poll for the Globe and Mail newspaper said 54 percent of people in Quebec said they would back sovereignty in a referendum, reflecting deep anger about allegations of federal government corruption.

But asked if a vote for sovereignty still meant that they wanted Quebec to be part of Canada, 56 percent of respondents said yes and 40 percent said no, the Globe said.

Quebecers voted against sovereignty by the narrowest of majorities in an October 1995 referendum.

Officials from the separatist Parti Quebecois, in government in the province at the time, said later they had been prepared to declare Quebec independent if they had won the vote.

The federal Liberal government responded to the result of the referendum by setting up a program to increase Ottawa's presence in the province.

But the program was deeply flawed, and last year an official report into the program said C$100 million in public money had been funneled to Liberal-friendly firms, often for little or no work.

In recent weeks a public inquiry into the scandal has heard allegations that Liberals in Quebec demanded kickbacks from firms in return for advertising contracts, and the revelations have crushed support for the Liberals in the province.

The Leger survey also showed that 76 percent of Quebec voters felt betrayed by federal government actions after the 1995 referendum.

Leger surveyed 1,008 people in Quebec between April 24 and 27 and its poll is considered to be accurate within 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

Previous polls in the past year put support for sovereignty at between 44 percent and 49 percent.

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A majority of voters in French-speaking Quebec back sovereignty for the province, the highest level for more than seven years, according to an opinion poll released on Wednesday.

The Leger Marketing poll for the Globe and Mail newspaper said 54 percent of people in Quebec said they would back sovereignty in a referendum

Great news
I hope the Anglo colonizers won't prevent Quebec's independence at the next referendum (in 1995 70% of the real Quebecers voted for independence).