Dunno.
Used to be. Its not really the case any longer- most younger and even middle aged Anglo-Canadians feel very little, if any ties, to Britain...
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Even if it had been 50% plus one, that's hardly signals mandate to secede. Nor would such a thing serve the interests of democracy. At some point it would - e.g., 90% for secession is pretty fair as a mandate. As a Russian, you might well feel the same, as Crimea only slightly preferred Ukraine's secession from the Soviet Union (54% of the vote in Crimea, specifically - in contrast, all the Donbas supported independence by at least 83%). I don't pretend to know where the best cutoff should be, but at least this view recognizes that a large segment of the electorate (albeit perhaps not a majority) has a fundamentally different view, which should also be respected. Because maintaining the status quo is inherently less radical, secession should require a supermajority, not just a simple majority.
But, in fact--not only did a supermajority NOT support Quebec's independence in 1995--it wasn't even a majority. 49.42% voted to secede, and 50.58%.
Furthermore, there is no indication that support for Quebec independence has grown since 1995. If anything, it seems like the opposite may be true. See: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montr...ence-1.3788110
So there's no justification even for a third referendum.
And this rationale definitely also applies to something like Brexit.
Sure why not. I want my own piece of Canada too.
Give them independence then invade them just for fun.
Surely there's a precedent for that, somewhere, sometime.
I dont care.
But its worth noting that Eastern Canada there are large English and French speaking regions.
There is difference between Quebec and Atlantic Canada too.