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Show PROVINCE OF QUEBEC PROPOSES TO SECEDE Resolution Offered in Provincial Legislature Legis-lature Will Be Debated Next Month, QUEBEC, Doc. 21. A proposal that the province of Quebec secede from the conf ederation of Canadian provinces was made in a motion introduced in the provincial legislative assembly today by .1. N. Urancoeur, deputy for Lotbiniere. Quebec is the only provinco which voted against conscription at the recent election. elec-tion. The motion will be debated January S. It follows: . "That this house is of the opinion that the province of Quebec would be disposed to accept the rupture of the federation pact of 1S67, if, in the opinion opin-ion of the other provinces it is believed that the said province is an obstacle to tho union and the progress and development devel-opment of Canada." |