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[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Agreed 100%.

Generally, I see the debate and the tension itself as one of the best things about Canada and Quebec as a perpetual thorn on the side that doesn't allow either to become complacent and pushes both to be better. Without this fundamental tension both degenerate in the rotten "at least we're not as bad as the US/RoC" mode.

So, in that spirit, I think that a Quebec Independence project should be a step towards full decolonization and reconciliation, not away from it. And in the flip side, if the Quebec independence question flares up again, arguments for keeping Canada together and promises for a more perfect federation should also be in that direction.

The Ecuadorian plurinational model probably has a lot to teach both sovereignists and federalists.