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Government actions

 * 1996 - On January 25, Stéphane Dion becomes Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs.
 * 1996 - On September 30, the Governor in Council refers three questions to the Supreme Court of Canada concerning "certain questions relating to the secession of Quebec from Canada".
 * 1996 - On October 30, Stephen Harper, Reformist Member of Parliament for Calgary West, introduces the Quebec Contingency Act (Bill C-341) in the Canadian House of Commons.
 * 1997 - On August 11, Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Stéphane Dion sends a letter to Premier of Quebec Lucien Bouchard.
 * 1997 - On August 26, Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Stéphane Dion sends a reply to Deputy Premier Bernard Landry
 * 1997 - On Augist 28, Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Stéphane Dion sends a letter to Deputy Premier Bernard Landry
 * 1997 - On November 12, Quebec Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Jacques Brassard publishes the position of the gouvernement du Québec concerning the territorial integrity of Quebec.
 * 1997 - On November 19, Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Stéphane Dion sends a letter to Quebec Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Jacques Brassard
 * 1997 - On December 4, Quebec Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Jacques Brassard publishes the Government of Quebec's policy on intergovernmental affairs
 * 1997 - On December 18, the amicus curiae of the Supreme Court of Canada submits a memoir on the reference case.
 * 1998 - On February 6, Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Stéphane Dion sends a letter to Claude Ryan
 * 1998 - On February 16, Quebec Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Jacques Brassard makes a declaration for the opening of hearings on the reference case
 * 1998 - On February 20, Premier of Quebec Lucien Bouchard makes a public declaration for an assembly on the Supreme Court referenc
 * 1998 - On August 20, the Supreme Court of Canada renders public its answers to the three reference questions.
 * 1998 - On August 21, Premier of Quebec Lucien Bouchard makes a public declaration in reaction to the opinion of the Supreme Court.
 * 1998 - On August 28, Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Stéphane Dion sends a letter to Premier of Quebec Lucien Bouchard
 * 1999 - On April 9, Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Stéphane Dion sends a letter to Premier of Quebec Lucien Bouchard
 * 1999 - On August 23, Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Stéphane Dion sends a letter to Daniel Turp
 * 1999 - On October 19, Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Stéphane Dion sends a letter to Quebec Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Joseph Facal
 * 1999 - On November 18, Quebec Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Joseph Facal publishes a reply to the Oct. 19 letter of Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Stéphane Dion
 * 1999 - On November 19, Quebec Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Joseph Facal publishes an English translation of his November 18 reply
 * 1999 - On December 13, the Clarity Act (Bill C-20) is introduced in the Canadian House of Commons.
 * 1999 - On December 15, Quebec Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Joseph Facal introduces Bill 99 in the Quebec National Assembly in response to the passing of the Clarity Act by the Canadian House of Commons.
 * 1999 - On December 15, Premier of Quebec Lucien Bouchard delivers a speech for the introduction of Bill 99.
 * 2000 - On March 15, the Clarity Act is passed by the Canadian House of Commons.
 * 2000 - On April 1, Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Stéphane Dion sends an open letter to French newspaper Le Figaro in response to Ms Louise Beaudoin's opinion piece published in that media
 * 2000 - On June 29, the Clarity Act is passed by the Canadian Senate.
 * 2000 - On June 29, the Clarity Act receives Royal assent.
 * 2000 - On June 29, Quebec Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Joseph Facal publishes a statement in response to the passing of the Clarity Act in the Canadian Senate
 * 2000 - On December 7, the National Assembly passes the Act respecting the exercise of the fundamental rights and prerogatives of the Quebec people and the Québec State
 * 2001 - On January 11, Premier of Quebec Lucien Bouchard makes a public statement for his resignation
 * 2002 - On August 21, the Quebec Superior Court rejects Equality Party leader Keith Henderson request to have the Act respecting the exercise of the fundamental rights and prerogatives of the Quebec people and the Québec State declared unconstitutional.

French language

 * 1997 - On May 21, the National Assembly of Quebec adopts a unanimous resolution recognizing the fundamental right of Quebecers to determine their future. (search the journals at www.assnat.qc.ca)
 * 1997 - On April 11, Yves Michaud, lawyer and journalist, in collaboration with Claude Morin, submits a mémoire to the Supreme Court
 * 1997 - On September 24, La Presse publishes an opinion by José Woehrling, professor of constitutional law at Université de Montréal
 * 1997 - On October 14, Le Devoir publishes an opinion by Dominique Neuman, lawyer and consultant
 * 1997 - On December 11, La Presse journalist Mario Fontaine reports on an « Appel aux citoyens » signed by 18 people and represented by senator Jean-Claude Rivest and Monique Vézina, président of the Mouvement national des Québécois.
 * 1998 - On xxxx, XX, Jacques Parizeau publishes the book Lettre ouverte aux juges de la Cour suprême, Montreal, VLB Éditeur
 * 1998 - On January 20, Le Devor publishes and open letter signed by 18 intellectuals
 * 1998 - On February 6, Le Devoir journalist Jean Dion reports on the opinion of Gordon Wilson, adviser of Glen Clark on constitutional matters
 * 1998 - On February 16, Le Devoir publishes an open letter to the Supreme Court by Yves Michaud
 * 1998 - On February 12, Le Devoir publishes the notes of a speech given by Lucien Bouchard at the law faculty of the Université du Québec à Montréal, the same day
 * 1998 - On February 12, Le Devoir publishes the opinion of Henri Brun, lawyer and professor of constitutional law at Université Laval
 * 1998 - On February 17, Le Soleil publishes an opinion by François Rocher, professor of political science at Carleton University and Michel Sarra-Bournet, researcher on Quebec Studies at McGill University
 * 1998 - On February 18, Le Devoir journalist Brian Myles report on a letter to the judges of the Supreme Court signed by 136 Quebec citizens of the artistic community as well as on a manifestation by the Pro-Démocratie group before the steps of the Supreme Court building.
 * 1998 - On August 31, Le Devoir publishes an opinon by Jacques-Yvan Morin, professor emeritus of public law at Université de Montréal the second part is published the day after
 * 1998 - On September 3, Le Devoir publishes an open letter to the Supreme Court judges by Jacques Parizeau . The second part is published the day after
 * 1998 - On September 5, Le Devoir publishes a translation of an opinion by Stephen Clarkson, professor of economics at University of Toronto, which was rejected by the Globe and Mail and The Gazette
 * 1998 - On November 5, Le Devoir publishes an opinion by J. F. Conway, professor of sociology at the University of Regina
 * 1998 - December, L'Action nationale publishes an opinion text by journalist Jean-Marc Léger
 * 1999 - On August 20, Le Devoir publishes the text of a conference given by Patrice Garant, professor of constitutional law at Université Laval for the 5th International Law Congress, in Rotterdam, July 12-16 1999
 * 2000 - On January 11, Le Devoir publishes the transcript of an interview with Supreme Court judge Antonio Lamer.
 * 2000 - On October 19, Daniel Turp launches a book entitled La nation bâillonnée : Le plan B, ou l'offensive d'Ottawa contre le Québec, VLB éditeur, 217 pages, ISBN 2-8900-5756-9
 * 2000 - On July 26, Le Devoir publishes an opinion by lawyer Giuseppe Sciortino
 * 2000 - On xxxx XX, Michel Seymour, professor of philosophy at the Université de Montréal publishes a document entitled The anti-democratic drift of the federal government: A brief concerning Bill C-20
 * 2000 0 On xxxx XX, Michel Seymour, as president of the Intellectuels Pour la Souveraineté (IPSO) publishes an Open Letter in Support of the Democratic Right to Self-Determination for Quebec signed by some xxx citizens
 * 2001 - On xxxx XX, Daniel Tur publishes the book Le droit de choisir: Essais sur le droit du Québec à disposer de lui-même = The right to choose : essays on Quebec's right to self-determination, Editions Thémis, 996 pages, 2-8940-0158-4


 * http://www.vigile.net/ds-souv/index-CS.html
 * http://www.vigile.net/ds-federation/index-20.html
 * http://www.vigile.net/ds-souv/index-99.html
 * http://www.vigile.net/ds-federation/index/tremblant.html

English language

 * 1999 - January-February, Canada Watch, published a special double issue on the Quebec SecessionReference (Volume 7, Numbers 1-2)