Reddit mentions of Behind the Embassy Door: Canada, Clinton, and Quebec

But a big portions of Quebeckers want to seperate ONLY because of all of the fighting !

After living in a fair number of low-education areas for a fair number of years, unfortunately it seems that there's a large portion of Canada that thinks that it would be a good idea if they left. I don't agree for many reasons, but certainly I've never seen anything from Quebec that implies that they should only be allowed to fund their own programs.

At least in Ontario, the separation movement not only comes across as absolutely impractical, but also run by intellectuals (and Montreal/Hull). I've had a fair amount of negative interactions while outside of Montreal in French-speaking areas (I've got lots of family in Quebec), so I can see why some people think "just leave then".

Aside from all that, the U.S. will never let Quebec separate. James Blanchard wrote a very interesting book on his time as Clinton's ambassador to Canada, and dealing with the "Quebec Crisis". I highly recommend it.

If the separatists could come up with valid reasons that don't involve English Canada saying sure, use our currency, our international embassies, our armed forces, but still call yourself a country, (and then PUBLICIZE them), maybe the rest of Canada would stop fighting to keep them here.