---''Not exclusively sovereigntist, but is of great significance to the movement. However, it can be said that, like the sovereigntist movement, it was, in essence, Nationalist and Autonomist .''
- kidnapping of the British Trade Commissioner and the kidnapping and murder of the Vice-Premier by members of the '' Front De Libération Du Québec '' terrorist organization whose goal was Quebec sovereignty;
---''A "step by step" policy pushed notably by Claude Morin that became a Parti Québécois policy advocating the separation of the taking of power and the declaration of independence.''
---''The belief of Lucien Bouchard that the Quebec State needed to secure a strong economy before hoping to inspire in its population a desire for independence.''