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Rene Levesque as the Quebec Premier who attempted to break-up Canada. In 1980, he was at the head of a Quebec nationalist movenment that sought to separate Quebec from Canada. Using a referendum to achieve this end, his Parti Quebecois proposed what they labeled Sovereignity-Association, where Quebec would have become politically independent from, while retaining financial ties to, the rest of Canada. The nationalist cause was quelled In this referendum, losing by a 60 to 40 percent .

During his time as Premier of Quebec, he was jeered around English Canada for passing Quebec's Bill 101, which mandated that provincial government, education, and business be conducted only using the French language. Bill 101 had the side effect of causing many English-speaking residents of the province to leave the province, especially to Toronto, which became Canada's most powerful city as a result. He managed to prevail over the extreme elements in his party, and was essentially a...

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