Reference re Secession of Quebec

Reference re Secession of Quebec, [1998] 2 S.C.R. 217

Supreme Court of Canada

August 20, 1998

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The federal Parliament of Canada responded to this opinion with the Clarity Act. See also Preliminary statement of Quebec Premier Lucien Bouchard, on the day following the rendering of the Opinion of the Supreme Court of Canada on the federal government's Reference on Secession and Open letter in support of the democratic right to self-determination for Quebec.

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