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The emphasis of that statement about my temptation to switch to the separatist side in Quebec was that someone who obviously loves Canada with…

— Justin Trudeau

The best thing is not to think about [separatism]. [People in Alberta] don't even want to engage in talking pros and cons and why…

— Jane Jacobs

Separatism is a very healthy movement within culture. It's a disastrous movement within politics and economics.

— Northrop Frye

Sovereigntism and separatism they are... it may seem like it's splitting hairs, but a lot of Quebecers are sovereignists - they respect the sovereignty…

— Elizabeth May

From that moment on, there will be an irreversible process to separate Quebec from Canada.

— Jean Charest

If Québec separates I will go with it, my loyalties are with Québec

— Pierre Pettigrew

Well, I am trying to put Quebec in its place - and the place of Quebec is in Canada, nowhere else.

— Pierre Trudeau

So long as the majority of Canadians have two countries, one here and one in Europe, national unity will remain a myth and a…

— Henri Bourassa

You can't let the debate of the day mask the fact that Canadians care deeply in their country. Including Quebecers - from all origins…

— Jean Charest

Secessionists, whether in Scotland, Catalonia, Quebec or anywhere else, invariably assume that a person must either be Scottish or British, Catalan or Spanish, Quebecois…

— Michael Ignatieff

We don't want to deal with a separatist party.

— Helen Clark

I am an English-speaking Canadian, but my entire family - Russian exiles and the Canadians they married - is buried in Quebec, and if…

— Michael Ignatieff