[Christien]

Secession is NOT a can of worms you want to open up. Look at how it's consumed the greater part of the Quebec provincial government for the last several decades. IMO, the province is much worse the wear for it, because so many separatist provincial gov'ts have wasted so much time, energy and resources on it that other areas of gov't (particularly the economy) have been badly neglected.

The fact of the matter seems to be that, as we've always known, there's greater strength in unity, despite internal difference. Unless a group is significantly oppressed, the reasons to stay together are much stronger than those to split.