One Quebec Cree leader said Tuesday night that faced with the recent problems the Attawapiskat First Nation had with Ottawa, “We would have bought an ad in the New York Times.” The origins of the Paix des Braves date back to the 1970s, when then Quebec...

But what happened subsequently to the 1980 referendum? After the Meech Lake Accord failed in 1990, Robert Bourassa’s Liberals passed Bill 150 in 1991, which proposed to hold a referendum on secession the following year. It maintained that if the vote...

At that time, support for sovereignty was high in the polls but the Liberal government of Robert Bourassa refused to call a referendum. “Give this weapon to the people,” Laviolette appealed. Bernard Drainville, the former Radio-Canada television...

Extremists stunned the country when several bombs were planted in English Montreal neighborhoods. They continued to up the ante, and in October of 1970, hatched a far-fetched kidnapping plot as a way to have their demands met. They successfully...

Parti Québécois, Charest said repeatedly the economy is his priority. He maintained that line, as press gallery reporters peppered him with questions about the PQ and the CAQ. But did say, when asked about the defection to that CAQ of Mario Bertrand,...

The Coalition is led by former Parti Québécois minister François Legault, who left the PQ because he does not believe Quebecers want another referendum. "There is no majority of Quebecers that would like to support the sovereignty of Quebec," Legault...