Quebec Sovereigntists Keep Their Distance From Alberta's Separatists
With just days before Alberta votes on an independence referendum, longtime Quebec sovereigntists are distancing themselves from the western province's separatists, Global News reports.
The distance is the story. The word “sovereignty” travels badly between the two cases: Quebec's movement is longstanding, with its own arguments and institutional memory, and its veterans evidently do not want them bundled with a different campaign. Two movements can both want out of the same country and still have nothing to offer each other.
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The telling detail is who is stepping back: longtime sovereigntists, days before the vote, choosing distance rather than endorsement.
Or distance is the cheapest position available — no cost if the vote fails, no awkward inheritance if it passes.