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InQuebec politics,autonomism is a stance on thenational question which supports devolving greater powers to Quebec while remaining aCanadian province, often throughasymmetric federalism. It is a middle position betweenindependence andfederalism. Autonomism was first proposed byMaurice Duplessis; it is mostly supported byconservative political parties, includingCoalition Avenir Québec,[1] which has been the ruling party of Quebec since2018.
Drawing inspiration fromRené Lévesque's "beau risque", andRobert Bourassa's work on theMeech Lake Accord andCharlottetown Accord, Quebec autonomists propose:
In a speech to delegates of theADQ, party leaderMario Dumont, on 8 May 2006, Dumont said that Quebec should seek to re-open negotiations with the federal government over Quebec's status in Confederation, and should eventually ratify theConstitution of Canada.[2][3]
