PQ-Chef sagt, das unabhängige Quebec könnte niedrigere Steuern und höhere Renten bieten

Isn’t an independent Quebec going to need its own military to maintain independence? I wonder how that will affect the balance sheet given a long coastline and large frontiers Quebec will need to defend. Canada already heavily underspends on military and Quebec will need to build its own from scratch.

This is like Brexit, but somehow makes even less sense.

You go independent, you need a military, you need your own currency and central bank, you need border and immigration controls, you need a diplomatic corps, you need several functions that are presently handled by the federal government. Plus you need to pay for it all without equalization payments. And it’s not like Canada will do these things for Quebec – the province may even be seen by post-independence Canada as a geostrategic rival for control of the St. Lawrence seaway, among other things.

You can argue for an independent Quebec on grounds of protecting Quebec’s language and culture. That could conceivably make sense. But don’t argue for it on economic grounds – there is no reality on Earth where an independent Quebec would be wealthier than it is now. Even the mere threat of secession had major economic impacts the last time, actual secession would be even worse. It’s sky-fairy thinking.

Don’t they already manage their own independent version of CPP? It would be unlikely to increase value/payments after a separation.

What happens with Quebec-based companies that have been treated with Canadian national strategic importance? Eg Air Canada, Bombardier…