I seem to recall that Quebec separatists shut the fuck up pretty quickly once Chretien told them they'd never be allowed to use the Canadian dollar, and they'd have to come up with their own money.
They shouldn't have STFU if that was the threat, there's nothing to prevent them from keeping the pieces of paper and treating them as currency long enough for a new currency to develop by market forces.
Regardless, the US dollar is trash primed to hyperinflate as soon as other countries stop using it as their reserve currency. Better to get away from it while we can.
They knew they'd become a kind of third world joke if they tried. They already got laughed at hard enough when they tried to "force" airlines into using Quebec French when landing in Quebec airports.
And they wouldn't have used the American dollar, because of the long-standing, back-end fear of Manifest Destiny, and the idea that the Americans would take control and make 'em speak English. Seriously. Separatists' mindset is very ... Greatest Generation-era or older.
I seem to recall that Quebec separatists shut the fuck up pretty quickly once Chretien told them they'd never be allowed to use the Canadian dollar, and they'd have to come up with their own money.
They shouldn't have STFU if that was the threat, there's nothing to prevent them from keeping the pieces of paper and treating them as currency long enough for a new currency to develop by market forces.
Regardless, the US dollar is trash primed to hyperinflate as soon as other countries stop using it as their reserve currency. Better to get away from it while we can.
They knew they'd become a kind of third world joke if they tried. They already got laughed at hard enough when they tried to "force" airlines into using Quebec French when landing in Quebec airports.
And they wouldn't have used the American dollar, because of the long-standing, back-end fear of Manifest Destiny, and the idea that the Americans would take control and make 'em speak English. Seriously. Separatists' mindset is very ... Greatest Generation-era or older.
When I talk about the US dollar, I'm referring to American secessionists theoretically using it, not Quebecois.