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-	Rene Levesque is best known 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 margin. <br />	+	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 . <br />
	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 moderate on the separation issue, and later persuaded a majority in the Parti Quebecois that the pursuit of independence should be set aside to aide in restoring Quebec's economy.<br />		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 moderate on the separation issue, and later persuaded a majority in the Parti Quebecois that the pursuit of independence should be set aside to aide in restoring Quebec's economy.<br />
	Before he began a political career in Quebec, Levesque dropped out of law school during World War II and went to New York to avoid being drafted into the Canadian Army. Strangely, however, after arriving in New York, he joined the U.S. Office of War Information, attached to the United States Seventh Army, working as a war correspondent. He was featured in broadcasts to German-occupied France, and was an interpreter between American and Free French forces. Levesque also covered the Korean War as a radio reporter, and was later a radio commentator with the French-language service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Eventually he became one of Quebec's most influential commentators, and was head of the French network's radio and televison news service, <br />		Before he began a political career in Quebec, Levesque dropped out of law school during World War II and went to New York to avoid being drafted into the Canadian Army. Strangely, however, after arriving in New York, he joined the U.S. Office of War Information, attached to the United States Seventh Army, working as a war correspondent. He was featured in broadcasts to German-occupied France, and was an interpreter between American and Free French forces. Levesque also covered the Korean War as a radio reporter, and was later a radio commentator with the French-language service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Eventually he became one of Quebec's most influential commentators, and was head of the French network's radio and televison news service, <br />

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