Bruce Anderson: If the PQ wins and launches a referendum, separatists will find they do not have an easy sell.
But at the same time, federalists can’t afford to be complacent or over-confident, given the way young Quebec men are seeing things. They aren’t looking to litigate constitutional issues. They approve of the Carney government, and they like him personally. There isn’t a separatist firebrand orator that is appealing to them. They lean towards wanting a centre-right government, not centre-left – but they aren’t hard right…