Toastmaker Toastmaker:
I take it that this is not quite like an American state wanting to secede from our union. Does Quebec currently have some amount of autonomy (separate laws, regulations, agencies, etc.)?
How in the world would a single province survive as a separate soverign nation without the direct support of Canada?
Yes Quebec has some autonomy with provincial laws, regulations, and agencies.
Quebec is also a have not province, meaning that in order for it to fund its extensive social programs, it requires payments from Ottawa.
It could easily separate as long as it instantly adopted Greek style austerity measures as well as exercised Chechnyan style crackdown on Anglos and Cree that would then wish to separate from a separate Quebec.