Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 31, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press october 1995 Quebec votes split on separation result baffles the Section Patrick Flynn 6977294 b1 virtual tie in referendum vote called a giant no decision by Chris Morris Canadian press Washington referendum watchers in the United states were disappointed with the result of yesterdays vote in with one calling it a giant although most referendum watchers had hoped for a no Victo they were looking for a decisive Victory that would Settle the uncertainty in Canada once and for a close vote like this really Doest Settle the question that has been burning in the hearts of que Beers for 300 said Clyde the mayor of Platts a popular shop Ping destination for this Means the Dingru Nelement will its very difficult to see our next door neighbors fight among we would have liked a decisive no Christopher an analyst in Washington with the Centre for strategic and International stud predicted the political and financial communities will be dismayed with what he called this giant dialogue where do we go from Here Sands i think the virtual tie Means we need some dialogue that will Lay out a theres no Resolution in this the Best thing for the United states has always been a Resolution of this that would have been the Best outcome and there want president Clinton spoke to prime minister Chretien after Quebe cers rejected Independence and close Canada a1 expressed admiration for a Strong and United said White House spokeswoman Ginny we look Forward to continuing our close relationship with All canadians in the coming she see sawed International financial counting on a close see sawed Back and Forth with the the loonie dipped As Early results showed the yes forces then rallied As votes from Montreal put the no Side on americans were Able to watch the vote on the National Span the equivalent in the United states of Canadas parliamentary in stunned disbelief and Dis appointment played across the faces of the nearly Quebe cers who gathered through the night at que becs delegation to learn the out come of the Boos rang out at when radio Canada announced that the yes Side had lost its bid for a Man Date to create a new there has been worldwide inter est in the referendum Campaign in the past week As it became increasingly Clear the two sides were locked in a dead in the United there was widespread bafflement that americas biggest and most important trading partner reliable suddenly faced with the Prospect of we Are not Happy watching the Way this debate has paralysed our greatest Sands Reso Lution is the but now we have a a yes supporter at Campaign Headquarters in Montreal shows dejection at the rain Check on a Jonathan a for Mer specialist on Quebec issues at the Commerce said he expects the administration will be relieved at least for the time the separatist forces have been held at Bay and Canada will hang Doh predicted Little formal reaction from the state department and the White House he said that for a the Quebec ques Tion became an International now its a Canadian Issue Canad watchers in the United states said the vote put Stiie que Bec Issue Back to Square it proves said Stephen an observer of Canadian issues at the americas society in new York this was an elec Tion the yes Side lose and the no Side Blank said the Only Clear result of the vote is that constitutional arrangements in Canada Are unset he said the question remains How does Quebec fit into Canada and North How do the pieces fit together in japanese newspapers played the Quebec Story prominently and the Public television network put the referendum near the top of its newscasts traders in the Money markets watched transfixed As the results trickled Robert vice president of the Bank of Nova Scotia in said there has been concern but no panic among the Banks corporate mostly the questions have been looking for an Opportunity to get a canadians particularly because Media attention Here has been he in news of the slim Victory by the no Side brought Relief to harried currency traders in who were confused ear Lier As the outcome Hung in the bal life and death for n on Victory no big Deal for others by Treena Khan staff reporter All Over Winnipeg last living rooms flickered with the lights of television sets turned to referendum coverage As nervous fam Ilies and friends watched the future of their country take Ive been very upset about i dont like poli but i Felt very differently about admitted Interior designer Rob As he kept one Eye on his to screen watching the numbers change with Friend Bill Grindell and his two the results Are not the end to the separation ques but the beginning of weeks and months of negotiations Between Ottawa and the said it would have had to be a lot More than so per cent for either Side for it to mean he As he admitted nervousness about the a More decisive no vote might have come if the no forces had been More aggressive at the Start of the referendum he and he wondered if the yes voters really knew what they were voting i just dont understand it what separation is going to he there already a distinct Grindell was equally dissatisfied with the out this is not going to and the parti quebecois was right in assuming the rest of Canada will negotiate he said there will be negotiations that erode our social policy and there will be incredible he across the Mark Kernaghan turned off the television before the results were ill wait until its another he Helen Sedor shrugged her shoulders Over the ambivalent in not into she adding she was getting vote updates Between the other shows she was it Doest really affect but another neighbor in this West end neighbor Hood took a More cynical attitude As he turned off his to set last i live on the Prairies and i wish them the Best either but could they really separate look at bloc quebecois Leader Lucien Bouchard and Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau would you really want them to be the fathers of your country he comparing the referendums Ino 45 54 60 40 1995 1992 1980 sovereignty Charlottetown sovereignty referendum Accord referendum in div liir1 1 ji5w 83 86 i Nancy Gill pollsters hit Nail on the head by Paul Mooney Canadian press Montreal polls taken in the final Days of the Quebec referendum Campaign predicted a dead the polls were when we reach the area of 50 its impossible to said Claude president of the polling firm that where the margin of error has the biggest last crop poll the Cam conducted 19 to put the yes Side at 45 per no at 42 and 13 per cent since in past referendums most undecided voters tended to eventually vote for crop projected a final result of 51 per cent for 49 per cent for stronger Campaign when rejected ballots Are excluded from Mon Days result was no per per although no won the referee yes had a stronger Gauthier said last night after the results were the yes sides narrow defeat leaves it in a Strong position to bargain hard with the Federal Ottawa wanted a convincing Victory so they could say this is with this its far from Ottawa is going to have to adjust to this new if real changes and More Auton omy for Quebec Arent forthcoming within the Federal the separatists wont lose another Gauthier Jeanmarc head of the polling firm Leger and Leger projected a tie echoed Gauthiere saying the onus is now on the sovereignty movement scored a huge number of Points he sixty per cent of francophone voted it changes the whole the problem is that English Canada just Hast taken this Seri they dont have much time now a a year and a half at and with Over 49 per cent of the the Sovereign list Camp is on the legers final poll of the Cam conducted 23 to put the yes at and the no Side at with per cent undecided or refusing to after allocating the undecided mostly to the no Leger and Leger put the two sides in a dead if we account for the margin of error in such a its impossible to predict a Leger it stretched the science of polling to the absolute Leger and Leger says a poll the size of its final Survey has a margin of error of percentage Points either 19ntimes in separatists failed journey began in 1967 Canadian press a chronology of key historical events leading to the 1995 Quebec sovereignty referendum 1907 november Rene Levesque leaves Quebec Liberal party and government in which he served As Cabinet minister begins organizing parti 1968 june 25 Pierre Trudeau leads Federal liberals to majority 1969 july 7 official languages act makes Canada officially 1970 october pro Independence terrorist group kidnaps British Trade commissioner James Cross and Quebec labor minister Pierre kills Ottawa invokes War measures hundreds arrested in 1973 29 parti quebecois becomes official 1976 15 pm under Levesque wins majority of seats in 1977 26 Bill making French the official language of becomes 1960 april 15 Campaign on Quebec sovereignty referendum May 14 Trudeau promises constitutional May 20 sovereignty proposal 60 per cent to 2 Trudeau announces Patria Tion of Constitution from 1981 april 13 pm wins second majority 25 Ottawa and nine provinces reach constitutional Deal without Levesque says Hes been betrayed by provincial allies during night of the Long 1982 july 1 Queen signs new constr 1985 Jum Levesque retires As pm Leader and 3 Pierremarc Johnson sworn in As pm 2 Robert Bourassaw Liber als defeat 1987 june 3 Canadas first ministers reach Meech Lake Accord to Reform the 1 Levesque 1988 March 17 Jacques Parizeau elected Leader of parti 1990 june 2 Meech Lake constitutional Accord Dies when newfound land and Manitoba Tail to ratify it by Quebec refuses to participate in further constitutional july 25 seven Independent Quebec maps Ted by former conservative environment minister Lucien Bouchard create 1991 28 Quebec Liberal party produces report calling for sweep ing new Powers for Quebec in a decentralized March 27 Quebec bet anger Campeau commission com mends referendum on no later than october 1992 if no acceptable offer is made by sept 24 Ottawa tables propot1 als for constitutional Reform including recognition of Quebec As a distinct Senate Al provincial March 12 provincial and territorial ministers in Ottawa for first of Meech Lake ;