In past centuries, many countries have had political problems within .

             Some took care of the problem but most of them didn't and .

             there for either made changes in their constitution, separated the .

             country like Russia, formally known as U.S.S.R, and there is also those .

             who are still dealing with the problem like Canada. Canada has had for many years its share of political problems with Quebec who wants either more political power or sovereignty. The reasons why Quebec sovereignty is a .

             valuable option is because it would help them keep their culture, and also .

             not only they wouldn't have any problem surviving economically but .

             sovereignty would actually help the economy. .

             For a long time, Canada has been a bilingual country. The reason why the .

             Quebec government accepted the 1867 confederation agreement was to attain culturalfreedom all over Canada for French speaking population: .

             French Canadians in Quebec, the Metis out west and the Acadians in the Maritimes. However, soon after the agreement, French schools were threatened .

             to be shut down in New Brunswick, just like they were in Manitoba and .

             Ontario in 1916. This made Quebeckers feel that their culture had to be conserved. This is the reason why they want independence, they feel .

             threatened, they don't want the French language which has always been .

             part of their culture to be taken away from them. By becoming independent, .

             they could be assured that Quebec will be a French speaking country and that nothing could change it. They would then be able to conserve their culture. According to a census, in 1993, the francophone minority in Canada was of .

             3.6% and it was reducing at a fast pace (these numbers have been taken from censuses that measured the minority of French speaking Canadians by the .

             primary language spoken at home) (A. Bernard p.166). Quebec tried to keep .

             the French language within the culture by imposing the 101 law, which .

             enforces the French language.