Daniel Turp has always taken a lawyer's view of Quebec separation. Unfortunately for him international law isn't in his favour. Now he turns to Constitutional law, a more fertile area. Bill 196 is his draft Constitution (shown here in English and here in French).
I have always considered this more dangerous to Canadian unity, since it enunciates ideas that are the underpinnings of separation. The principles in the document are much easier apple pie to sell to Quebecers than political science-centred federalism.
I will continue to monitor Turp, as I have for over a decade, to see if he's finally putting his political life to some productive use.
graham at uni.ca
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