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GOVERNMENT OF
JACQUES PARIZEAU
(SEPTEMBER 26, 1994 TO JANUARY 29, 1996)
••• Status of Québec
352.
Québec’s project for accession to sovereignty along with an offer for a new
economic and political partnership
with Canada.
373
The government of...
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88
GOVERNMENT OF
JACQUES PARIZEAU
(SEPTEMBER 26, 1994 TO JANUARY 29, 1996)
••• Status of Québec
352.
Québec’s project for accession to sovereignty along with an offer for a new
economic and political partnership
with Canada.
373
The government of Jacques Parizeau
was elected on a platform of holding a
referendum on the accession of Québec
to sovereignty.
On December 6, 1994,
the government unveiled a draft bill
on the sovereignty of Québec that was
submitted to the general consultation
of all Québec regions via the commissions on the future of Québec.
Following the report of the National
Commission on the future of Québec,
the government made public Bill 1
entitled An Act respecting the future
of Québec (hereafter, the Bill) that
was submitted to a referendum on
October 30, 1995.
The Bill provided that Québec’s accession to sovereignty be preceded by a
formal offer of economic and political
partnership with Canada.
A one-year
maximum deadline was pro
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