Canada’s Bloc Québécois moves to repeal federal law restricting secession

Canada’s Bloc Québécois moves to repeal federal law restricting secession

The nationalist Bloc Québécois party (the Bloc) introduced a bill Tuesday in the Canadian parliament to repeal the Clarity Act, in an effort to make it easier for Quebec to secede from Canada. The bill is short and succinct, and contains only one section, calling for the repeal of the Clarity Act, with a preamble stating that “the decision on [Quebec’s] future within Canada lies with the Québécois nation, not the federal government.” The Clarity…