The "Neverendum" campaign.GATINEAU, QUEBEC 8 September 2002 Quebec Premier Bernard Landry Jean-Bernard Landry (born March 9, 1937) is a Quebec lawyer, teacher, politician, who served as Premier of Quebec, Canada, (2001–2003), leader of the Opposition (2003–2005) and leader of the Parti Québécois (2001–2005). says another referendum on sovereignty will be held within 1,000 days--IF. The qualifier is that Mr. Landry wants to see a majority of Quebeckers in favour of sovereignty before calling another vote. That might be a tall order. Opinion polls carried out recently by Leger Marketing show Quebeckers are not even interested in debating separation. Among decided voters, 65% oppose sovereignty and only 35% support it; this is according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a poll conducted for The Globe and Mail, Le Devoir, and TVA TVA: see Tennessee Valley Authority. just last week. Even worse news for the Parti Quebecois is that it faces an election within one year. Current polls show the Action Democratique du Quebec Party (ADQ ADQ Action Démocratique du Québec ADQ Kodiak, AK, USA (Airport Code) ADQ Association Diabète Québec ADQ Audits of Data Quality ADQ Application Driven Quality of Service ADQ Average Delay in Queue ) will form the next government. The latest polls show if an election were held today, 40% of voters would pick the ADQ, 29% would vote Liberal, and 25% would choose the Parti Quebecois. But, as has been said many times, a week is a long time in politics, and the only poll that counts is the one on Election Day. Pollster poll·ster n. One that takes public-opinion surveys. Also called polltaker. Word History: The suffix -ster is nowadays most familiar in words like pollster, jokester, huckster, Jean-Marc Leger says: "Quebeckers have been split between federalists and sovereigntists since the 1960s, and now the ADQ is offering something different." In softening his approach to a referendum, Mr. Landry has bowed to pressure from conservatives in his party. Others, such as Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Jean-Pierre Charbonneau want a firm commitment to a referendum no matter what the opinion polls say. Mr. Charbonneau wants Quebec to take its seat as a sovereign, independent nation at the next meeting of the Summit of the Americas The Summit of the Americas is the name for one of a sequence of summits bringing together the countries of the Americas for discussion of a variety of issues. These encounters are organized by a number of multilateral bodies led by the Organization of American States. set for 2005 in Buenos Aries, Argentina. MONTREAL--26 August 2002 Raymond Villeneuve has a long history of radical activities in the cause of Quebec separatism. In 1965, he pled guilty to manslaughter in the bombing death of a 65-year-old night watchman WATCHMAN. An officer in many cities and towns, whose duty it is to watch during the night and take care of the property of the inhabitants. 2. He possesses generally the common law authority of a constable (q.v. . The death occurred as part of a wave of bombings in the 1960s carried out by the terrorist group the Front de Liberation du Quebec. Now, Mr. Villeneuve has been convicted of urging violence against "enemies of the Quebec people." In a newsletter he publishes he urged supporters to hunt down English-rights activists with shotguns. Quebec Court Judge Claude Millette gave Mr. Villeneuve a three-month sentence, which he will serve in the community. Leading English-rights activist Brent Tyler described the sentence as "Grossly, grossly inadequate." Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms--http://www.uni.ca/charter.html Canadian Constitutional Documents--http://www.solon Solon, Athenian statesman Solon (sō`lən), c.639–c.559 B.C., Athenian statesman, lawgiver, and reformer. He was also a poet, and some of his patriotic verse in the Ionic dialect is extant. At some time (perhaps c.600 B.C. .org/Constitutions/Canada/English/ Lessons From Meech Lake--http://www.nucleus.com/~rjmedia/pdfdocuments/barrie.pdf Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island, province (2001 pop. 135,294), 2,184 sq mi (5,657 sq km), E Canada, off N.B. and N.S. Geography One of the Maritime Provinces, Prince Edward Island lies in the Gulf of St. and the Canadian Constitution--http://www.upei.ca/~iis/constitution.html Saskatchewan Indian (Meech Lake)--http://www.sicc.sk.ca/saskindian/a87sum02.htm |
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