“We are going to ask Quebecers the question that makes a people a country.”
Sept. 12, 1994. A victorious Jacques Parizeau stands proudly at the podium as his troops celebrate their newly elected premier. Just over a year later, Quebecers would be called to the polls to decide whether Quebec should become a country. The rest is history.
For the first time in more than 32 years, Quebec is governed by a premier who has clearly committed to holding a referendum on sovereignty as soon as possible. But Parizeau had something in 1994 that Paul St-Pierre Plamondon didn’t get on Monday: a majority government.