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House passes motion recognizing Québécois as nation
Last Updated: Monday, November 27, 2006 | 8:38 PM ET
CBC News
The House of Commons has overwhelmingly passed a motion recognizing Québécois as a nation within Canada.
Conservatives, most Liberal MPs, the NDP and the Bloc voted 266 to 16 in support of the controversial motion, which earlier in the day had prompted the resignation of Michael Chong as intergovernmental affairs minister.
Stephen Harper introduces the motion on Nov. 22 that the House 'recognize that the Québécois form a nation within a united Canada.'Stephen Harper introduces the motion on Nov. 22 that the House 'recognize that the Québécois form a nation within a united Canada.'
Prime Minister Stephen Harper had introduced the surprise motion on Nov. 22, raising the ante on a Bloc Québécois motion that sought to declare Quebecers a nation without reference to Canada.
The motion states: "That this House recognize that the Québécois form a nation within a united Canada."
The prime minister has said he is using the word nation in a "cultural-sociological" rather than a legal sense.
The nationhood idea has preoccupied Ottawa since the Bloc proposed a motion calling on the House to recognize Quebecers as a nation and Harper made a counter-proposal to define Québécois as a nation within Canada.
Over the following two days, the Bloc first amended its motion to say that they are a nation "currently within Canada" ― leaving the door open to independence ― and then declared its support for the government motion.
Liberal leadership hopefuls Gerard Kennedy and Ken Dryden announced on Monday that they opposed the motion.
Following his resignation, Chong said he could not support recognizing Québécois as a nation, even inside a united Canada, because that "implies the recognition of ethnicity.
"I do not believe in an ethnic nationalism. I believe in a civic nationalism."
Last Updated: Monday, November 27, 2006 | 8:38 PM ET
CBC News
The House of Commons has overwhelmingly passed a motion recognizing Québécois as a nation within Canada.
Conservatives, most Liberal MPs, the NDP and the Bloc voted 266 to 16 in support of the controversial motion, which earlier in the day had prompted the resignation of Michael Chong as intergovernmental affairs minister.
Stephen Harper introduces the motion on Nov. 22 that the House 'recognize that the Québécois form a nation within a united Canada.'Stephen Harper introduces the motion on Nov. 22 that the House 'recognize that the Québécois form a nation within a united Canada.'
Prime Minister Stephen Harper had introduced the surprise motion on Nov. 22, raising the ante on a Bloc Québécois motion that sought to declare Quebecers a nation without reference to Canada.
The motion states: "That this House recognize that the Québécois form a nation within a united Canada."
The prime minister has said he is using the word nation in a "cultural-sociological" rather than a legal sense.
The nationhood idea has preoccupied Ottawa since the Bloc proposed a motion calling on the House to recognize Quebecers as a nation and Harper made a counter-proposal to define Québécois as a nation within Canada.
Over the following two days, the Bloc first amended its motion to say that they are a nation "currently within Canada" ― leaving the door open to independence ― and then declared its support for the government motion.
Liberal leadership hopefuls Gerard Kennedy and Ken Dryden announced on Monday that they opposed the motion.
Following his resignation, Chong said he could not support recognizing Québécois as a nation, even inside a united Canada, because that "implies the recognition of ethnicity.
"I do not believe in an ethnic nationalism. I believe in a civic nationalism."
