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Wednesday, 25 August 2010
Twelve years after Prime Minister Chretien referred three questions to the Supreme Court of Canada concerning the right of Quebec to unilaterally secede from Canada, the International Court of Justice on July 22 this year issued a judgment dealing with the question whether the unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo was in accordance with international law.
A tip of the hat to bloggers Impolitical and Norman Spector for alerting us to the international travels of Giles Duceppe to enlighten US states and other countries about the desire of some in Quebec for independence. Duceppe will also travel to the autonomy-minded government of Catalonia in Spain.
Spector raises the spectre that the recent Kosovo decision by the International Court of Justice might provide fresh ammunition to the separatists in Quebec with respect to a means to achieve independence from Canada. Impolitical takes the opposite view, believing that the Kosovo decision holds out no new hope for Quebec separatists, given our Supreme Court decision.
Labels: Duceppe, Parliament, Rae
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