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Kelly McParland: What Quebecers see and what Albertans should

When Quebecers conclude now is not the time to be wandering off into the great, big, dangerous world on their own, it's worth listening to

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When it comes to the separation business, Quebecers are Canada’s long-time leading experts.

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They have decades of experience behind them. Two referenda, five separatist governments, a full-time federal independence party, a long history of squeezing concessions from Ottawa. As far as issuing threats to pick up and leave Canada go, Quebec is Sidney Crosby. Everyone else is everyone else.

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So when Quebecers conclude now is not the time to be wandering off into the great, big, dangerous world all on their own, it’s worth listening to. The question is, do Alberta’s noisy bloc of rookie sovereigntists have the ears to hear?

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The latest polling indicates that while Quebec voters are tired of the ruling Coalition Avenir Québec, and are all geared up to pick a new ruling party come October, the Parti Québécois won’t necessarily be their first choice.

The PQ has........

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