Quebec seperating from Canada via a long diplomatic discussion without armed conflict would  be a very Canadian thing to happen

Bérets and baguettes are french stereotypes, not québécois stereotypes. It's like representing Americans with a British stereotype.

I feel like if Quebec independence went smoothly it could have larger ramifications outside of Canada. I think Scottish independence would have much more merit if Quebec was used as a successful example.

Is there anybody else watching this a few days after Trudeau has announced his resignation, and Trump has said Canada should be the 51st state?

It's difficult to imagine Trudeau coming to power after Quebec leaving, the Liberal party won in part due to seats they picked up from a Quebec angry at the incumbent Conservative government. Without Quebec, the political center of gravity in the country would shift notably to the right.

Strange fact: when Charles de Gaulle visited Canada(Quebec)in the 1960s. He said how much he supported Quebec independence “Long live a free Quebec”(this was one of the earlier independence movement)caused a diplomatic incident and had to leave.

Well, Spain didn't exactly ignore the Catalonian referendum. They declared it illegal and filed charges against the main people organizing it. They just had a kerfuffle over an amnesty deal for the people that have been in exile in Belgium over it since then.

This guy somehow predicted everything that’s happened in Canada in 2025 12:00

As a Quebecer im not offended about this video. I'm actually surprised this was an interesting subject outside our province. Thank you !

The problem with the Catalonia example is that referendum only had like 30% turnout which is how Spain was able to justify going “Nuh-uh”

Worth noting that the Catalonian referendum only had a 43% turnout, and the remaining percent would likely have voted to stay as much of that was protesting the referendum

Quebec’s, meanwhile, had the largest voting turnout in the provinces’ history

Watching this video in 2025 is wild

One thing that most of the world doesn't know is that the Constitution of Canada wasn't signed by Quebec in 1982.  The Prime Ministers of all other provinces actually met behind Quebec Premier's back at the time and decided to ratify the document anyway.  So the the idea that Canada would have to vote to allow Quebec to leave isn't really legitimate either.

It's an important detail to the Catalonia story that the anti-independence people largely boycotted the referendum.

After the 1995 referendum, the Parliament of Canada passed the Clarity Act which states that provinces do have the right to leave if the majority wants it.

My Great-Grandma's cousin was one of Quebec's prime ministers that tried the first political independence in 1879

My alternate history scenarios for future ideas
1. What if Andrew Jackson lost the 1828 presidential election?
2. What if France won the Franco Prussian war?
3. What if The Troubles escalated?
4. What if the 1933 Business Plot succeeded?
5. What if the Sino-Soviet split escalated into a war?
6. What if the Mexican American War never happened?
7. What if the 1993 World Trade C€enter  b0mbing succeeded?
8. What if John F Kennedy lost the 1960 presidential election?
9. What if the Spartacist uprising succeeded?
10. What if the Mexican Revolution never happened?

Technically, Quebec is allowed to leave in Canadian law per the Secession Reference Supreme Court Case, but it can only happen after a good faith dialogue where no reasonable compromise can be reached. At least that’s what I remember the Court saying.

14:51 - This aged very well, indeed!

I was 12 years old and living in Western Canada during the referendum. I didn't realise how close and intense things got for some people.