American Review of Canadian Studies articles from March 1997

American Review of Canadian Studies archives from March 1997

United States and the formative years of an independent Quebec's foreign policy.
March 22, 1997... In the last days of the 1995 Referendum campaign, Bernard Landry, Quebec's Vice-Premier and, at the time, its Minister of International Affairs, wrote to U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher. Landry wrote in reaction to what several...

Law of Quebec's secession.
March 22, 1997... Introduction The legal issues relating to Quebec's sovereignty and the United States will emerge, in theory, through the process described in Bill 1 tabled in the National Assembly in 1995. That bill, of course, initiated the process...

Effect of the independence of Quebec upon treaties and agreements with the United States of America.
March 22, 1997... Introduction Following the very close results of the 1995 Referendum on Quebec's independence, and with the expectation of another referendum to be held within the next few years, a practical and informed consideration of the effect that...

Free trade and trade-related issues in Quebec: the challenges of continental integration.
March 22, 1997... This essay addresses the question of trade policy between a sovereign Quebec and the United States, should independence occur. To provide an answer to this question, a number of issues need to be addressed: What is the nature of the trade...

Quebec independence and the likelihood of trade conflict with the United States.
March 22, 1997... In the event of separation of Quebec from Canada, one of the most interesting aspects of the attendant processes of restructuring will be that of the trade relationship between an independent Quebec and external markets. While the context for...

Independent Quebec in NORAD and NATO: a long and winding road?
March 22, 1997... Introduction Were another referendum to be held in Quebec resulting in a majority vote in favor of sovereignty, how would security relations be shaped between an independent Quebec, Canada, and the United States of America? Would it be...

Some thoughts on a U.S.-Quebec defense relationship.
March 22, 1997... Any discussion of a defense relationship between an independent Quebec and the United States must be framed, at least initially, around several matters: the political conditions which produced the separation of Quebec from Canada; the domestic...

Consensus and ambiguities (relations between a sovereign Quebec and the United States).
March 22, 1997... For the purpose of examining what relations could be between a sovereign Quebec and the United States, we were asked to stay away from considerations on the desirability of Quebec independence, its probability, and the factors that might bring...

Sovereign Quebec and U.S. national interests.
March 22, 1997... Introduction The United States and Canada have one of the most intense political and economic relationships of any two nations in the world, and Americans have benefited greatly from it. A sovereign Quebec has the potential to radically...