May, 23, 2012

Péquistes No Longer Offer A Different Blueprint

Editor's Note: On the anniversary of the first Quebec referendum, Pierre Pettigrew writes about how small "l" liberal values have altered Quebec and Canada over the past 25 years.

By Pierre S. Pettigrew, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Published May 25, 2005

The victory for the NO side 25 years ago was an historic victory. Because what triumphed on May 20, 1980, was a set of liberal values, since entrenched in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and now shared even by the Péquistes and Bloquistes. Quebecers' recognition of these liberal values would quickly commit Canada to enhancing the original political project it had been developing instinctively for...

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