Quebec: “Nation under construction”
Posted Aug 15, 2011 04:14:40 AM.
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SHERBROOKE, Que. – Premier Jean Charest says he wants Quebec to one day be recognized as a nation under the Canadian Constitution.
But he doesn’t plan to push for new constitutional talks any time soon, saying his government will be ready when the time comes. Charest has been reluctant to address the issue since becoming premier. But a motion introduced on the weekend by his party’s youth wing urged Quebec Liberals to push for the province to be recognized as a nation.
Charest, however, says he doesn’t see Quebec nationhood as being on the radar as something that would be initiated any time soon. The premier said ultimately, he’d like to see recognition of the “Quebec nation” entrenched in the Constitution.
