Breaking Point Quebec-Canada : The 1995 Referendum - Softcover

Cardinal, Mario; Van Gennip, Ferdinanda [Translator]

Softcover

ISBN 10: 289579068X ISBN 13: 9782895790686

Publisher: Baynard Canada, 2005

Synopsis

The 1995 referendum campaign in Quebec remains one of the most dramatic and exciting moments in the country's political history. For thirty days in October, Quebecers and Canadians from the other provinces were taken on a roller-coaster ride, caught up in a campaign that was marked by spectacular reversals and emotional extremes. Breaking Point is the story of this extraordinary period as recounted by the characters, politicians, advisors and strategists who lived through it: Jacques Parizeau who, after a 30-year struggle, finally gets his chance to achieve sovereignty for Quebec; Lucien Bouchard who, after surviving a dreadful personal ordeal, becomes the one to carry the hopes of sovereigntists to new and unprecedented heights; Jean Chrétien and the federalists who, after defeating the sovereigntists in 1980, are confident they will crush them again in 1995. And it is the story of that unforgettable evening of October 30, 1995 that had the entire country glued to their television screens, as they watched the future of Canada and of an independent Quebec hanging by a thread. The story is told by the principal players: Jacques Parizeau, Jean Chrétien, Daniel Johnson, Jean Charest, Mario Dumont..., and the strategists, ambassadors and politicians in the rest of Canada. The book also relies on 500 hours of previously unpublished interviews as well as numerous documents obtained through the access to information laws of Quebec, Canada and the United States, revealing facts never made public until now.

About this edition

• Publisher: Baynard Canada
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 289579068X
• ISBN 13: 9782895790686
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 488