Modern Canada has been subject to several different issues that have raised a number of problematic and difficult circumstances, although one of the most notable was the 1980 and 1995 referendums in Quebec. The province has provided his residence, and the broader national population, with a great source of conversation and controversy. The Parti Quécécois introduced both referendums, although the party was under different leadership: Réne Lévesque in 1980 and Jaques Parizeau in 1995. Both were strongly in favor of the provinces seceding from Canada. For Quebec citizens and politicians during both referendums, the results spoke volumes about voter turnout and real support for the potential movement, which aimed to achieve provincial sovereignty. This paper will explore the strategic wording of each question and the feelings surrounding what happened around each individual referendum. There has been a disjunction between English- and French-speaking people in Canada since before the country was even founded. This was particularly seen in federal and provincial reports in Quebec. The interest that Quebec had in freeing itself from its ties to the rest of Canada was most noted in the present day through the first referendum in 1980. It brought the question of political sovereignty to the forefront of the national debate: “Quebec would decide , [and Canada] ¬– future.” The question for the people of Quebec was as follows: The Government of Quebec has made public its proposal to negotiate a new agreement with the rest of Canada, based on the equality of nations; this agreement would allow Quebec to acquire the exclusive power to enact its own laws, collect its own taxes and establish relations with foreign countries – in… middle of paper… and inclusive. This paper looked at the strategic wording of each question and the feelings surrounding what was happening around each individual referendum. The questions themselves were framed and coated with deeply held feelings of separation on the part of the PQ. The results of the referendum illuminate in a very basic way the reality within the provincial borders, as it was clear that an entrenched division existed. If the results of the 1980 vote were example enough, the second one made the divide clear. In the minds of its citizens there were two very different images of Quebec, and this division probably still exists today. While the possibility of a third referendum cannot be known for certain, if the last two were any indication for the future, there is a mix of Quebec nationalists and French federalists living together in the province.