Quexit

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Etymology 1

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Blend of Quebec +‎ exit. Modeled after Brexit and Grexit.

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Quexit

  1. (Canada, politics) The secession of the province of Quebec from Canada.
    • 2016 June 29, Andrew Coyne, “Brexit no model for Quexit”, in National Post:
      But a Quexit's threat to Canada would be existential, in itself.
    • 2017 July 1, Josh Freed, “Oh Canada, let's show some national pride”, in Montreal Gazette:
      Britain is living out the nightmare we Canadians dodged. We spent decades debating our country’s future, but somehow avoided Quexit.
    • 2019 November 11, Jason Kirby, “Alberta likes what Quebec's been cooking on the independence front”, in Macleans:
      Separatism is in again, Quexit edition: In recent years the Parti Quebecois has downplayed separatist messaging but after the Bloc’s big federal election win the PQ is getting back to its independence roots.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Quexit.
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Etymology 2

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Blend of Queensland +‎ exit. Modeled after Brexit and Grexit.

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Quexit

  1. (Australia, politics) The secession or expulsion of the state of Queensland from Australia.
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