Not Quite Independent

From the BBC:
"Pauline Marois: No borders for an independent Quebec"

Quebec Premier Pauline Marois has said an independent Quebec would have no borders or tolls for Canadians, as she campaigns ahead of a 7 April election. Ms Marois, who leads the separatist Parti Quebecois, has said she will only call an independence referendum if there is enough popular support. She disbanded the Quebec legislature last week as part of her party's bid for a majority government. The mostly French-speaking province is not currently sovereign from Canada. Two referendums on independence in 1980 and 1995 failed. Sovereignty, as well as a popular but controversial charter of values, has been a top issue in the forthcoming provincial election. "We could continue to go see the Rockies in the West... go to Prince Edward Island and [the rest of Canada] could continue to come visit us," Ms Marois said in response to a question, according to Canadian broadcaster CBC. "There will be no borders and no tolls." Ms Marois added that an independent Quebec would be "able to make our own decisions would give us more latitude, more freedom and allow us to concentrate on what's important to us". She made the comments during a speech on tourism, near the town of Lac-Megantic, the site of a deadly rail crash last year. Her main opponents have argued a push for sovereignty hurts the province. "Every time they hint at a referendum, Quebec is weakened," Liberal leader Philippe Couillard said at a campaign event in Trois-Rivieres, according to CTV News.

^ I would like to know what this woman is on because she is clearly not thinking clearly. If you want your region to be independent then you have to accept everything that comes with that: borders, passports, a new currency, embassies, etc. You can not just become independent and continue as things were before. She also wants to continue using the Canadian Dollar. If the people of Quebec vote to become a separate country then they have to put their big boy/girl pants on and create a separate country with their own ministries, etc. ^

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-26538300