UFP Position On The National Question
From the Preamble of the UFP political platform, Building a world that reflects our ideals! :
- UFP members share the view that the answer to the national question, and by extension social emancipation, is sovereignty for the Quebec people. The UFP believes that Quebec should become a country, free from the federalist yoke, and should acquire the essential tools it needs to develop as a nation.
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