Alberta Fact Check: Quebec is neither weak nor poor due to independence advocacy

Alberta Fact Check: Quebec is neither weak nor poor due to independence advocacy

Subhead:Support for independence has not been a primary driver of capital flight from Quebec.#   Former premier Jason Kenney has claimed that the sovereignty debate in Quebec has left it weaker and poorer. However, the political clout and economic figures don’t bear that out. A common claim made by independence opponents is that businesses had fled Quebec due to the sovereignty referenda held in the 1980s and the 1990s. There were some significa…