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GOVERNMENTS OF
RENÉ LÉVESQUE AND
PIERRE MARC JOHNSON
(MAY TO DECEMBER 2, 1985)285
••• Status of Québec
251.
The federal framework of the current
Constitution should be improved to
ensure that Quebecers obtain the most
favourable conditions...
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62
GOVERNMENTS OF
RENÉ LÉVESQUE AND
PIERRE MARC JOHNSON
(MAY TO DECEMBER 2, 1985)285
••• Status of Québec
251.
The federal framework of the current
Constitution should be improved to
ensure that Quebecers obtain the most
favourable conditions possible for
their development.
252.
The Québec people have the inalienable
right to democratically determine their
constitutional future as they see fit.
••• Constitutional reform process
253.
Recognition of the existence of the
Québec people as such is the essential
prerequisite to Québec’s agreement
to and participation in a new constitutional process.
254.
Québec is prepared to reach a constitutional agreement with the rest of
Canada, designed to repair the injuries done to Québec in 1981, provided
1) Québec’s primary jurisdiction in
terms of rights and freedoms is acknowledged; 2) the amending formula
is changed to provide Québec with
sufficient guarantees; 3) that the distribution of powers is rearranged and
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