A nation w/in a nation

I know I really need to do a better job at blogging - one day perhaps. If it's any condolence, I still haven't gotten my travel blog up. It's been nearly two months since I left on my trip & I'm pretty sure that I only remember about 25 per cent of my trip now. ;)

As most ppl know by now, Stephen Harper announced/suggested in Parliament yesterday that Québec should be "annointed" as a . Not totally sure how I feel about that.

I'm a staunch supporter of keeping Québec in Canada. Some say - why keep them if they want to leave, let them leave. It could be the experience I had w/ Encounters w/ Canada in 1996 where I had the opportunity to meet 116 other teens from all over Canada, including Québec. While the program didn't promote "nationalism," it definitely encouraged it and it definitely had an effect on me. & now that I think about it, I can't believe htat it's been 10 yrs since that trip...

W/ this said, I've been out of history class for a number of yrs now & can't remember exactly the definition of what it means to be a "nation." It's an interesting concept - having Québec as a definitive nation. Not sure what that will mean overall. Will it be similar to the relationship Canada has w/ the First Nations? Only time will tell...