I am Turkish visiting Quebec. I love it , I can say it is a completely different place from the rest of the Canada. I dont know what is best for you, but I wish you guys the best!

I went to Quebec once and I felt like I entered another country, I did my best to utilize the little french I knew I worked until it didn’t but they were always happy we tried.

I am a Québécois, or French Canadian, and lived through the 1995 referendum though I was too young to vote at the time. I want to take a few minutes to leave a comment here for you dear Ma'am and for my fellow Canadian brothers and sisters.

First, thank you for your very well produced video. The research you made to produce thiis video provide a good overview of a what if scenario. You did also very well to present the pros and cons with a non biased approach. Lastly, you have been respectful of Québec and his naiton through to the whole video so kudos to you. The Québec bashing is real phenomenon thta must stop.

I am Canadian Armed Forces member so I'm regularly exposed to Canadians form across the country runnig from Halifax to Esquimalt and passing by Petawawa and Edmonton. I've worked with people coming from a wide range of cultural background including people for outside the country. I'm speaking for myself, but I can confidently and honestly say that I have very good relationship with every collegaues may they were born in the more conservative west or the more liberal East coast.

From my personal point of view what hurt most Québécois is the lack of respect, and sometime even hate, toward them, their culture and their language. The language thing is a very important one for Québécois, and frankly this aspect is a definitive cultural distinction making Canada unique. Canada as two official language, Engligh and French. Biliguism is encouraged by the federal government, but the fact is that English is widly predominent and I'm not saying it's a bad thing whatsoever. Actually, I'm observig that there seems to be more and more English Canadian that want ot learn French, which is a good thing from my perspective. At some point in my life I was feeling that I was lacking something because I was not part of the predominant culture. Today, I don't see things the same way. As you can read, I am almost 100% bilingual though my native language is French. When I interact with Engligh speaking colleagues, they see that we, most of French Canadian, can communicat with both language. It's a tool that we have in our tool box that too many Engligh Canadian don't have. Being able to communicate in more than one language will always provide you an advantage whatever your second language is.

Lastly, once upon a time, I was what we can call a separatist. As you know, people evolve with time. Their vision and belief will most likely change through time. Today in this time and age, I think being united in this great country is better than the opposite. Yes, there is a lot of challenges and things that should be perfected. I think the federal government should better integrate each provinces and allow them to have more decsion weight in national issue. For example, I support and believe Alberta should be supported to exploit his oil and gas industry, as Québec aerospatial industry is supported. In the end, we need, and must, have a better recognition of each people that believe this country is their home. The battles from the past must be left in the past. Let's respect each others and our respective culture because we all bring something that make this country unique.

With love from Québec.

Préserver l’histoire exige une dignité provinciale. La langue n’est pas un outil : elle est mémoire collective. Elle structure la pensée, elle nomme le monde, elle rend possible la création. Même le tabarnak perd sa force quand on l’arrache à son contexte.

6:55 little note here, 50%+1 is not 51% as the graphic showed. It is 50% + 1 vote.

As an American I can't even pretend to understand the dynamic between Quebec and the other Canadian Provinces. Now saying that I have a very positive view of Quebec and its people. Particularly as a New Englander we have lots of links with Quebec. I'm sure the beginning would be rough but that in the long run Quebec would do well on its own.

An excellent analysis that weighs the pros and cons of the Quebec independence project, addressing questions of identity, economics, and political autonomy with intelligence. Good job!

8:55 You should have mentionned that the PQ's plan is to wait at least 10 years after independance before establishing its own currency to prevent instability.

Technically Ottawa doesn't set interest rates, the Bank of Canada does.

Don’t forget about geography. If an independent Quebec keeps its borders, it would control the whole St. Lawrence. That’s most of the East Coast shipping aside from Halifax. It would also cut Canada in two. That’s a lot of leverage.

Quebec separation is part of it's culture. As long as Quebec's culture is intact, the idea of separation will always be present.

Yep equalization compensates for a structural imbalance within the Canadian Confederation, but it does not correct that imbalance. Ottawa retains control over key fiscal levers and uses its spending power in areas of provincial jurisdiction, while provinces receive transfers to maintain comparable public services. As a result, equalization addresses the symptoms rather than the root cause, making it a permanent mechanism instead of a structural solution. By stabilizing provincial finances without changing the underlying distribution of powers, it helps preserve the status quo and effectively locks provinces into ongoing dependence on federal transfers rather than fostering true fiscal autonomy.

I remember René Levesque talking about "sovereignty-association" during the first referendum. Basically independent, but in an economic partnership with the ROC. It’s my opinion, that since that first referendum, and even the second one, that Québec has gathered more and more power over language and cultural matters, while at the same time still enjoying the benefits of a larger economic reality. In fact, I would argue that "sovereignty-assoication" has actually been achieved in modern day Québec.

The only "winners" in an independent Québec are the politicians. The people will suffer. So, is it worth it?

Well done.

2:48 No mention of the Per Capita data, where most eastern provinces (and Manitoba) receive more.

Please don't cite wikipedia for the clarity act. Just go to the source

In 95 I was seventeen and couldn't vote. I watched how the Rest of Canada didn't respect democracy and cheated and lied to keep us from getting our freedom.

In the 30 years since then, all parties conspired to send us over 50% of the countries refugees to flood us, assimilate is to English and keep us poorer.

So whatever the cost, it's only temporary. We can't trust Canada.

Plus, it's a matter of survival. We were 33% of Canada 50 years ago, now only 22%. We already don't have a day in the federal governement. Demography is expected to be 13% of Canada in 2100.

Good job i like that totaly agree with you

Well made and explained you did your homework!

Je suis allé au Québec l'année passé et l'experience était inoubilable! J'ai pu pratiquer la langue française avec beaucoup des personnes et je me bien souviens de leur patience. Merci mes chums!