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Old 03-07-2008, 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Coyote View Post
One of the things I am curious about concerning Quebec independence is exactly what territory it would cover. I thought a good portion of Quebec (particularly the resource rich areas) is actually land belonging to native tribes and leased under treaty to the Canadian government and that those tribes have little interest in changing that lease. If that is true it certainly woudn't leave Quebec with much in the way of an economy, land or resources.
Quebec was already warned about this. By international law, they would have been reduced to less than a 1/4 of their original size. This is one of the things that frightened them about independence.
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