/channels/news_feeds/all/term/separatists/rss en /channels/news/scottish-independence-movement-learned-quebecs-failed-votes-separation-239039 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><span>The first time was in 1980 when Quebec’s premier, </span><span>René Lévesque</span><span>,<a href="http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/quebec-referendum-1980/" target="_blank"> called for a provincial referendum</a> on </span><span>pursuing a negotiated secession from Canada</span><span>. </span><span>The key issue for the separatists was the preservation of the French language and culture.</span></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">22 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2014</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 22 Sep 2014 18:27:23 +0000 webfull 105424 at /channels