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This paper gives a brief outline of separatism in Quebec, showing that many of the arguments in Canada are already being echoed in the debate about Scotland’s future relationship with the rest of the UK. The election of the Parti Québécois in Quebec in 1976 set in motion a process for an independence referendum in the province. The first referendum, held in 1980, failed by a relatively wide margin, while the second aimed at amending the constitution only failed by a narrow margin.