Quebecers learned last week that the Coalition Avenir Québec government, acting entirely on its own, plans to bestow upon us a Quebec constitution.

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Talk of such a constitution has surfaced periodically for more than 60 years. The obvious questions are: why now, and why without public consultation before tabling it in the National Assembly?

The answer seems straightforward. If........

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