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...
- Read Common Declaration of Québécois and Canadian Intellectuals, by Les Intellectuels pour la souveraineté
- Read 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Historical Documents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
From the Secrétariat aux affaires intergouvernementales canadiennes of the Government of Québec:
- 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
Since the 1950s, the Quebec artistic community is very engaged in the struggle for the independence of Quebec and is largely responsible for its wide support by the general public. You will find many writers, poets, playwrights and song writers under Opinions by individual militants just below.
- Read all our Translations of poems and lyrics
- Peek through the Independentist Music Directory (French)
- Read some Independentist & Sovereignist Poetry (French)
- Discover movie director Pierre Falardeau (French)
- Read the article A Sovereign Presence - The poet and the politician in Gérald Godin by Jack M. Ruttan
- 1974: The political poem Speak White by Michèle Lalonde
- 1972: The poem L'alouette en colère by Félix Leclerc ( >> English translation << )
- 1948: Read an English translation of the Refus global manifesto by Paul-Émile Borduas
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
Jacques Ferron, writer
- Ten Years After, by Ray Ellenwood
- Jacques Ferron, écrivain (in French)
Michèle Lalonde, poet, playwright, essayist
- The political poem Speak White by Michèle Lalonde
- Défense et illustration de la langue québécoise, 1973
- Manifeste pour une Cause commune, 1981 (with Denis Monière)
Denis Monière, political scientist
- Le développement des idéologies au Québec: des origines à nos jours, 1977
- Les enjeux du référendum, 1979
- Pour la suite de l'histoire: essai sur la conjoncture politique au Québec, 1982
- Pour comprendre le nationalisme au Québec et ailleurs, 2001
- Le développement de la pensée de gauche au Québec dans trois revues: Cité libre, Socialisme, Parti pris, 2003
- L'Indépendance, 2005
Félix Leclerc
- The political poem L'alouette en colère by Félix Leclerc ( >> English translation << )
Gaston Miron, poet
- Muriel Farley Dominguez, From Exile to Appartenance: The Poetry of Gaston Miron Reexamined, in The French Review, Vol. 62 (1994): 1013-1023.
- Gaston Miron : parole de poète, in Les archives de Radio-Canada
- L'Homme rapaillé, 1970
Gérald Godin, poet
- Read the article A Sovereign Presence - The poet and the politician in Gérald Godin by Jack M. Ruttan
- Gérald Godin, tendre et emporté, in Les archives de Radio-Canada
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
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