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The paramount goal of French Canada is to keep their French culture alive in Quebec.
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In 1763, at the time of the British Conquest, there were 60,000 French Canadians living in the Quebec region.
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The intent of the Royal Proclamation was to assimilate the French Canadians.
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The Constitutional Act, The Act of Union, The BNA, with it's federal system, attempted to accommodate the French.
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During the 1960s, a "Quiet Revolution" in Quebec with the feeling that Quebec needed special status within the Canadian Federation.
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Establishment of the Parti Quebecois in 1968 with the PQ wins the election and becomes the Quebec government in 1976.
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First referendum held in Quebec, the Federalists win the vote, promising Quebec to change the Federal structure.
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Trudeau repatriates the constitution, the nine provinces sign the constitution but Quebec does not.
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Brian Mulroney attempts to bring Quebec into the Canadian Constitutional family at Meech Lake and later in Charlottetown. Both attempts fail to bring Quebec into the Constitution.
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Meech Lake is not passed in the provincial legislatures of Manitoba and Newfoundland.
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The Charlottetown Accord died in a Nation Referendum.
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In the 1995 Referendum in Quebec, 51% opposed to separation and 49% favored separation.
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Quebec has not entered the Constitution of Canada today.
