The failure of the May 1980 Quebec referendum on sovereignty and the ratification in 1982 of a Canadian constitution, over Quebec's vehement objection but with the acquiescence of all other provinces, would appear to indicate that the likelihood of Quebec's independence has been sharply reduced, if not eliminated. Not so, is the considered judgment
Biography
Alfred Olivier Hero, Jr., is Claude T. Bissell Professor of Canadian-American Relations, University of Toronto. Marcel Daneau is director of the Centre Québécois des Relations Internationales and professor of economics at Université Laval.