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My Question is if the Quebecois cares so much about the right of a people to self-determination, won't they then, if successful, have to recognize the right of other distinct groups within Quebec to declare their own independence? Twenty percent of Quebec is Anglophone. They don't want to be even more subject to the will of the French majority, the likely consequence of an independent Quebec. Two-thirds of Quebec's land area is inhabited by the …

…less sensitive or responsive to the needs of minorities such as Cree, Inuit, or Anglophone Quebecois than countries like Canada or the U.S. are to the needs of their minority citizens. The French-only laws that are in place were enacted in response to concerns about the integrity of Quebec's distinctive francophone culture. These concerns would be decisively met if Quebec gained its independence, so no further or more draconian French-only rules would be required.