Talk about obnoxious...

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And then, what happened?  Did their linguistic Jones overcome common sense?  :P

Occhi
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I am hesitant to summarize a couple of hundred years of history in too short a package... :P

But the main impetus, IMO, was creeping loss of power. Quebec used to have a high birth rate, and, hence, a growing population. That population stayed numerous enough to be able to keep a 'balance of power' within Parliament for quite a long time. However, that power base began to erode after WW 2, and the Separatist movement, with its desire to negotiate for 'more' began to grow in influence.