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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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Quebec government officials declined to comment Wednesday on network television reports that Lucien Bouchard, the Canadian province's popular separatist premier, would resign Thursday.
The debate was over whether the West should allow the federal government to carve it into several provinces, or remain as one big province to counterbalance the weight of Ontario and Quebec in Confederation.
Quebec would be the bigger loser in terms of significant rise in interest rates, downgrading of Quebec bonds and a lower rate of economic growth than the other provinces.
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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Quebec’s experience is something the federal Privacy Commissioner and provincial commissioners, in provinces where private sector privacy legislation is introduced, can learn from.
Since 1997, all trucking companies in Quebec and the Atlantic provinces have been eligible for input tax credits on their equipment purchases and repairs.
The Quebec City deal states that "Provinces and Territories will be required to match Federal contributions overall", but it allows Ontario to claim credit for spending by municipalities or others.
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Chogyam Trungpa Gyatso,
Tibetan Monk
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Quebec and all other provinces will be masters within their own province and would have no reason to consider separation from a strong, prosperous and united Canada.
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Mike Enlow,
Internet Marketer
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All provinces except Quebec now calculate income tax in the same way as the federal tax, using the Tax On Income (TONI) method.
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Thomas Owens,
Police Officer
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Only the Attorney Generals of Manitoba and Quebec took advantage of this federal offer on behalf of the firearm owners in their provinces.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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Quebec's legal claim to most of this land, they believe, is founded solely upon the province's continued participation in Confederation.
The provinces agreed to match the federal funds, although the Quebec City deal gives them "wiggle room" to get credit for spending by third parties.
This Accord was turned down in a referendum by Canadians because it would have given special status to Quebec above and beyond the other provinces.
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