At the end of October in 1995 Canada came close to finally breaking up. Quebecker's took a vote on the 30th on whether or not their province should declare itself an independent nation. Most people and the media believe that the separatists would loose. The people drew these beliefs from a similar election help in 1980. Although in this recent poll, these scores were too close to call. The separatists were defeated by a one percent loss.
The reason this past election was so close is due mainly to the change of leadership on the separatist side. During the previous year before the election , the YES campaign had been led by Quebec's premier Jacques Parizeau. Parizeau is an economics professor, and had led a ponderous campaign, since his Parti Quebecois (PQ) won provincial power 13 months earlier. The No side, led by provincial Liberal's leader, Daniel Johnson, was winning , with warnings of a slump and heavy job losses if Quebec broke away.
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