title: National question (Quebec)
text: # National question (Quebec)
  
  The national question (in French: la question nationale) is an expression referring to the discussion about the future status of Quebec within Canada, taking into consideration issues of autonomy, sovereignty, and independence.
  
  ## Various political positions in answer to the national question
  
  * Quebec sovereignty movement
     * Independence with an economic union with Canada
     * Independence without an economic union with Canada
  * Quebec federalism
     * Further autonomy within the Canadian federation, along with national recognition as a distinct society and autonomous province separate from other provinces in country
     * Asymmetrical federalism
     * Status quo
  