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Federal President Borisav Jovic bowed to nationalist sentiment this month when he said the troubled country may soon hold a referendum to decide if Yugoslavia's six republics should split into separate nations. "The right of self-determination, including the right of secession," he said, "is a natural political right of each nationality...
...rose only 0.3%. In the 20 months after Massachusetts put its parental-consent law into effect in 1981, 1 of every 3 teenage abortions was done out of state, while those within the state dropped 43%. Former Superior Court Judge Paul Garrity, who is pro-life by sentiment, feels that the law exists to "harass these kids...
...some form or other of separation from the rest of Canada. The stage was set for a demonstration of that unhappy feeling as the province prepared for its "national" holiday, St. Jean Baptiste Day, on June 24. It augured to be one of the most fervent expressions of nationalist sentiment that Quebec had seen for decades. Such passions may not fade easily. Last week it was difficult to see through the shattered accord how Canada might put the pieces back together again...
...great gain for Quebec," said Bourassa after the negotiations, "and a great gain for Canada." Not to mention a political necessity for Bourassa. The constitutional imbroglio revived the cause of Quebec separatism, which the Meech Lake accord had been intended to defuse. With nationalist sentiment growing, the premier could not show the slightest sign of buckling under pressure from his fellow premiers. Waiting for Bourassa to make a slip was Jacques Parizeau, leader of the opposition Parti Quebecois, the party that endorses the concept of Quebec nationhood. "Faced with what we consider wrong and profoundly humiliating," says Parizeau...
...years ago, 60% of Quebec residents voted down in a referendum the idea of negotiating independence; today 56% of a polling sample favor more sovereignty for Quebec. That sentiment has gained strength from the rise of a new French-speaking business class that in the past decade has largely replaced Quebec's old English-speaking elite. Says Ghislain Dufour, head of the Conseil du Patronat, the provincial chamber of commerce: "We're much more confident than we were ten years...