Pro arguments

This page gathers various links chosen by us to help visitors understand what Québec sovereignists and other independentists are fighting for.

Discover the story of a very long national liberation that never ends...

Basic Notions

• Take some French lessons ;-)
• Learn to spot a fallacy when you see one
• Learn of common myths and fallacies in the Quebec debate
• Have a look at a few important facts you should not miss
• Read our answers to some frequently asked questions
• Learn some of the key concepts in Quebec politics
• Read on the range of attitudes towards Québec
• Read some famous quotes
• Consult our terminology page

Québécois and Canadian intellectuals agree on the basics...

• Common Declaration of Québécois and Canadian Intellectuals, by Les Intellectuels pour la souveraineté
• Open Letter in Support of Québec's Right to Self-Determination by Michel Seymour

Historical Arguments

243 years of a just political resistance to imperialism and assimilation in the name of human dignity.

Historical Overview

• Read the page dedicated to the history of our movements
• Read the translation of the Political Testament of Louis-Joseph Papineau
• Discover famous people in the history of Québec
• Read a few selected texts on Québec democracy by the Ministère des relations internationales (PDF)
• Read the section dedicated to other independence movements

Historical Documents

• 1970: The manifesto of the Front de libération du Québec
• 1960: The manifesto of the Rassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale
• 1958: The manifesto of the Alliance laurentienne
• 1934: The manifesto of the Action libérale nationale by Paul Gouin (French)
• 1867: The Political Testament of Louis-Joseph Papineau
• 1839: The Report on the Affairs of British North America by the Earl of Durham
• 1838: The Declaration of Independence of Lower Canada by Robert Nelson
• 1837: A translated excerpt of the manifesto of the Fils de la liberté
• 1834: The Ninety-Two Resolutions of the Parti patriote
• 1831: The notes of Alexis de Tocqueville in Lower Canada
• 1784: The lampoon Call to the Justice of the State by Pierre du Calvet
• 1775: The Letter to the Inhabitants of Canada of the Second Continental Congress

Québec's Historical Demands

• Québec's Positions on Constitutional and Intergovernmental Issues from 1936 to March 2001
• A Quebec-Canada Constitutional Law Lexicon (PDF)
• Québec's historical position on the federal spending power 1944-1998 (PDF)
• Québec and its Territory (PDF)
• Québec's Political & Constitutional Status (PDF)

Failure of Constitutional Reforms

• Read Canadian federalism and the autonomy of Québec: a historical viewpoint by Marc Chevrier (PDF)
• Read Constitutional saga on this site
• Read on Institutional bilingualism on this site

Cultural Arguments

• Peek through the Independentist Music Directory (French)
• Read some Independentist & Sovereignist Poetry (French)
• Discover movie director Pierre Falardeau (French)
• 1974: The political poem Speak White by Michèle Lalonde
• 1972: The poem L'alouette en colère by Félix Leclerc ( >> English translation << )
• 1948: The Refus global manifesto by Paul-Émile Borduas
• Read the article A Sovereign Presence - The poet and the politician in Gérald Godin by Jack M. Ruttan
• Read all our Translations of poems and lyrics

Opinions by militant organizations

St-Jean-Baptiste Society

• Read the section dedicated to the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society

Les Intellectuels pour la souveraineté (IPSO)

• Website of IPSO (in French)
• Sovereignty: A Legitimate Goal
• A Yes for Change

Opinions by individual militants

Michel Seymour, philosopher

• Québec Nationalism and Canadian Federalism, January 2001
• Exchange of letters between Michel Seymour and readers of the Inroads journal, November-December 2000
• On Redefining the Nation (PDF)
• Québec and Canada at the Crossroads: A Nation within a Nation (PDF)
• The anti-democratic drift of the federal government: A brief concerning Bill C-20
• Michel Seymour's Website

Jean-François Lisée, journalist

• Jean-François Lisée's texts in English
• Jean-François Lisée's texts in French
• Books by Jean-François Lisée

Andrée Ferretti, RIN militant and writer

• Read translated excerpts of The Parti québécois: for or against independence?
• Various texts on the Website "Québec un pays" (French)
• More texts at Vigile.net (French)

Guy Bouthillier, former SSJB president

• Fundamental law, or fundamental flaw? (2002)
• Why does it not simply eliminate all questions on ethnic origin and religion?
• Books by Guy Bouthillier (French)

Pierre Bourgault, former RIN president and journalist

• A Radical from Quebec Passes by Norman Madarasz, CounterPunch, June 20, 2003
• Books by Pierre Bourgault

Daniel Turp, Parti québécois MNA and constitutionalist

• Quebec's Quest for Sovereignty and Partnership
• Québec's Right to Secessionist Self-Determination
• Don't buy Stéphane Dion's response to the secession ruling (1999)
• National Constitution of Québec (French)
• Daniel Turp's Web Site
• Older site still online
• Even older site still online

A cause not just for French speakers

• English speakers for the independence of Québec
• English-speaking friends of Québec

Positions of political parties

Parti québécois

• Presidents of the Parti québécois
• 5 questions and answers to understand why the Parti québécois wants Québec to become a sovereign country

Québec solidaire

• Website of the Québec solidaire party
• Declaration of principles (PDF)

See also

• List of organizations advocating the independence of Quebec