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Large business isn't very down with the idea of a separatist party. In the leadup to the 1970 election the separatist PQ was enjoying a pretty decent advantage until the "Brinks Coup" where the National Trust Bank told the media that they had loaded all their bullion into armoured trucks and were shipping it to Toronto. The pictures of those trucks, published in every newspaper, are credited with allowing the liberals to win that year. In 1976, the first PQ government was elected, and a lot of Anglos (and businesses) flipped their poo poo and moved to Toronto, fearing a successful separation referendum, anglophone pogroms and whatever else. Also there was the fact that the PQ has traditionally been Unionist social democrat leaning, so corporations were probably quite worried about being made to pay higher corporate tax rates on their earnings. Ultimately, this was kind of an overreaction, but we still see property prices dip anytime there's talk of a referendum or the PQ winning an election, as otherwise rational Anglos freak the gently caress out and tell themselves that this time the PQ will break with past history and declare a Quebec reich. Or something like that.
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The Quebec legal code is indeed different, being based on French legal code instead of English legal codes, but that has been true for far longer than the PQ has been in power and businesses have been in flight.
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