Quebec Liberal Party proposing province adopt its own constitution [Video]

The Quebec Liberal Party is proposing that the province adopt its own constitution, a project it says will be “unifying.”

On Monday, members of the party’s policy commission — Julie White and Antoine Dionne Charest, son of former Quebec Liberal premier Jean Charest — announced the idea in a video released on social media.

“A constitution allows us to affirm who we truly are, with our language, our civil law, and the powers of the Quebec government,” White says in the video.

Quebec refused to sign the Canadian Constitution, which was patriated from the United Kingdom in 1982. Since then, political leaders in the province have offered various ideas about Quebec’s place in the federation, some campaigning for sovereignty, and others advocating closer ties to Canada.

In 2017, former Liberal premier Philippe Couillard called for a “dialogue” with the federal government and the other provinces, with the goal of reopening …