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by swat535 535 days ago
Interestingly enough while the Canadian constitution doesn’t flat out permits this, it does allow the province to have a binding referendum and should a vote come to pass by it’s people, it forces the federal government to seriously consider it, thus a faithful negotiating can take place which could lead to the province becoming a sovereign nation.

See the Clarity Act of 1999.

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And just like the decades of talk about Quebec doing it, it will never happen. Who is going to print money for this sovereign nation? And all the rest