CBS Evening News - 1995-10-30 (no intro)
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[0:02] overwhelming numbers to determine the
[0:05] future of Canada's largest province.
[0:07] Should Quebec stay part of Canada or go
[0:10] its own way as an independent, mostly
[0:12] French-speaking nation? The stakes are
[0:15] high for Canada, Quebec, and the United
[0:18] States. John Roberts in Montreal begins
[0:21] our coverage.
[0:24] >> What?
[0:25] >> Thank you.
[0:26] Quebec today was a province divided. In
[0:29] Montreal's English-speaking
[0:30] neighborhoods, the urgency was to save
[0:32] Canada.
[0:33] >> Did my job.
[0:34] >> I feel terrible. I feel absolutely
[0:36] terrible. This is my country and I I'm
[0:38] very concerned.
[0:40] >> Across town in this predominantly
[0:42] French-speaking separatist stronghold,
[0:45] >> voters stood calmly online. Many had
[0:48] waited 15 years for this moment. Another
[0:50] few minutes wouldn't matter.
[0:54] Separatists hope to turn back their
[0:56] devastating loss in 1980 when
[0:58] independence failed by a wide margin.
[1:01] These are the people who believe
[1:02] Quebec's unique status as an island of
[1:04] French culture deserves nationhood.
[1:07] >> I'm 29 years old and I want to build I
[1:09] want to build a country and uh uh I'm
[1:12] willing to try it.
[1:13] >> The implications of an independent
[1:15] Quebec reach beyond Canada's borders. It
[1:18] would force the United States to define
[1:20] a new relationship with Canada and a
[1:22] French-speaking country of 7 million
[1:25] people on America's northern border.
[1:27] >> Separatist leader Lucen Bousard who
[1:30] campaigned with his California wife has
[1:33] maintained with the US nothing will
[1:35] change.
[1:36] >> They are free traders. We are we are
[1:38] friends. We are partners. Where's the
[1:40] problem? We are democracy. We like them.