The Scottish National Party, which is leading the campaign for Scotland to vote yes in Thursday's vote on independence, has been advised over the years by separatists in Quebec, a French-speaking province where two referendums on independence failed, though the last "Non" was narrow. Jean-Francois Lisee, a prominent party member, said the two parties have held an open dialogue for years and the PQ now has a large delegation in Scotland studying the separatist campaign there. The Scottish have inquired on how Quebec separatists organized their campaign and planned to acquire international recognition if they won, said Daniel Turp, a senior member of Quebec's pro-independence forces in 1995. By the time SNP leader Alex Salmond called Scotland's referendum in 2013, "there was nothing we could have told them that they didn't know already," Lisee said. [...] though, Salmond has tried to distance himself from the PQ leadership.
Separatists In Quebec, Scotland Share Lessons
By BENJAMIN SHINGLER, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle: World
Tue, 09/16/2014 - 10:36pm
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