One thing on which sovereigntists and federalists can agree some 20 years after the 1995 referendum is that the Quebec independence movement — in one form or another — will likely never go away.

It’s probably worth noting the last Quebec referendum was in 1995, before many in this cohort were born. Among voters aged 35 to 54, 34 percent were in favor and 55 percent against.

October will mark 30 years since Quebec’s second referendum, where 50.58 per cent voted “No” on Quebec becoming sovereign.

Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau stunned many on Oct. 30, 1995 when he blamed 'money and ethnic votes' for the No side's narrow victory in the sovereignty referendum. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press) ...

The law authorizing the referendum spelled out that an independent Quebec would seek membership in NATO, NORAD (the Canada-US air defence alliance) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

In light of the poor showing by separatist candidates in recent Alberta byelections, pundits and politicians will be tempted ...

MONTREAL, Que. — Is Quebec Premier François Legault secretly planning a referendum on independence, as some media commentators have been hinting? Fresh numbers suggest he should not. Why? First ...

Canadian politicians who almost saw their country torn apart by an independence referendum in 1995 say pro-union British leaders have been slow to learn lessons from that campaign but can still ...

The referendum to rip Quebec from the Canadian fold, as it turned out, was won by the No side. But, boy, was it a squeaker. The No side scored 51 per cent with 49 per cent voting in favour of the ...

The issue resurfaced this month after Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, head of the poll-leading PQ, promised a sovereignty referendum — Quebec’s third — by 2030 if he becomes premier.

As Chantal Hébert and the late Jean Lapierre documented in their meticulous 2015 study of the 1995 referendum, The Morning ...

Quebec citizens do not want a referendum on leaving Canada at the moment, separatist leader Pauline Marois said on Thursday, repeating that as long as that is the case she would not launch one if ...