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GOVERNMENT OF
RENÉ LÉVESQUE
(PRE-REFERENDUM PERIOD,
NOVEMBER 25, 1976 TO MAY 20, 1980)
••• Status of Québec
174.
The Sovereignty-Association Project203
The government of René Lévesque was
elected in November 1976.
Its program
consisted in...
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47
GOVERNMENT OF
RENÉ LÉVESQUE
(PRE-REFERENDUM PERIOD,
NOVEMBER 25, 1976 TO MAY 20, 1980)
••• Status of Québec
174.
The Sovereignty-Association Project203
The government of René Lévesque was
elected in November 1976.
Its program
consisted in holding a referendum in
Québec to address the issue of the
Sovereignty-Association project with
Canada.
In 1979, the government published a
white paper204
explaining its project
that was submitted by referendum on
May 20, 1980, a first exercise in
popular consultation under the aegis
of the Québec Referendum Act.
The Sovereignty-Association project
sought Québec accession to political
sovereignty within the framework of
a new agreement for economic association with Canada.
This meant establishing a new relation between Canada
and Québec where both parties would
be international entities and relations
between them would no longer be governed by a constitution, but rather by
a treaty of association.
However, they
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