CANADA: QUEBEC PROVINCIAL ELECTION RESULTS IN CRUSHING DEFEAT FOR PARTIES WANTING TO SEPARATE QUEBEC FROM CANADIAN FEDERATION.

Record ID: 1062521

  • Title: CANADA: QUEBEC PROVINCIAL ELECTION RESULTS IN CRUSHING DEFEAT FOR PARTIES WANTING TO SEPARATE QUEBEC FROM CANADIAN FEDERATION.
  • Date: 31st October 1973
  • Summary: 1. Rene Levesque speaks surrounded by pressmen 0.52 2. Crowd applaud 0.58 3. SCU Trudeau interviewed 2.21 TRANSCRIPTS OF PART OF A SPEECH BY RENE LEVESQUE AND AN INTERVIEW WITH PIERRE TRUDEAU FOLLOW: SEQ. 1: MR. LEVESQUE: "What prevents us from rejoicing. Just the same. Just the same. The party has reached its minimum objective of becoming the only opposition party -- the only opposition party and the only recognised party besides the Liberals." SEQ. 3: MR. TRUDEAU INTERVIEWED BY RON COLLISTER: "Well so far Mr. Prime Minister we've heard some discussion about whether or not this is the death knell for separatism in Quebec. Do you think it is? TRUDEAU: "If this were referendum it would be the death knell for separatism because obviously there would have been a choice between voting for federalism as against separatism. But it's not a referendum, it's an election and there are other elections that will follow this one, And I cant predict what's going to happen in four years. There is obviously a solid core of compatriots who voted for separation. I don't know what the percentage is I mean I assume it's not the percentage of the P.Q. vote. But there is a solid core of people still wanting separatism. The important thing is that overwhelmingly the people of Canada have voted for the one party, The Liberal party which is frankly, squarely on the side of federalism, on the side of Canada. Very significant is that Mr. Bourassa conducted an election in such a way that he went and got many of the votes of the Creditists and Union Nationals, and from many of these people who have voted that way all their lives it must have been a tough choice to leave their traditional party to go that party which was their very traditional enemy, the Liberals, in order to affirm their belief in Canada And I think this is a very significant result." Initials AE/19.36 AE/19.53 TELERECORDING Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: QUEBEC, CANADA
  • Country: Canada
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