It's a complicated question, it will be difficult to explain. First, I think you should not listen too much about what most Anglos say about it because they are external to it and don't frequent the right milieux. I'm going to throw a few ideas. read more
The contemporary sovereignty movement is thought to have originated from the Quiet Revolution of the 1960s, although the desire for an independent or autonomous French-Canadian state has periodically arisen throughout Quebec's history, notably during the 1837 Lower Canada Rebellion. read more