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As counterintuitive as this argument may sound, Stephen Harper, the former Reformist from Alberta, has the potential to win over Quebec’s pragmatic sovereignists, thereby weakening the independence movement in the province. There are two types of sovereignists. Unconditional sovereignists think of sovereignty as an end in itself and as the only path to cultural security. […]