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Originally Posted by Kelnoz
You don't have to guess, the 2004 referendums were province-wide. Aylmer, Hull, Masson and Buck all got enough signatures to hold a vote, but none reached the threshold of 35% turnout for the vote to be valid.
Aylmer and Masson both voted to leave Gatineau, and Masson was only .2% under the threshold!
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Did Quebec sovereignty referendums have voter turnout thresholds? Probably not.
I think this whole city amalgamation experiment failed and it's time to revisit. Aylmer, Hull and old Gatineau faired pretty well, but the municipalities east should form their own jurisdiction. And again, same with rural Ottawa; form your own or fuse with the rural municipalities next door. Ottawa would be in a far better financial situation without the rural areas, and same with Gatineau if the shed the lower density eastern suburbs.
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