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Historical Documents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)
- 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)
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
- Works and opinions published in English
- 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)
- 1995 Project of a Sovereign Québec Constitution (French)
A cause not just for French speakers
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