the eldest son of former prime minister
Pierre Trudeau was sounding a bit like
his father today 18-year-old Justin
Trudeau is now a student at a community
college in Montreal it's one of many
Quebec colleges gearing up for a
referendum next week on the question of
Quebec's place in Canada Justin's
position is clear but as Neil McDonald
reports Trudeau the younger likely won't
be as successful in arguing his point as
was Trudeau the
Elder the result of the vote is pretty
well a foregone conclusion most Quebec
students are about as interested in
federalism as they are in Lawn Bowling
nonetheless the debate is on at 31
colleges among 74,000 students arguing
the federal case at colle Jeb today was
the son of its most famous
alumnus Justin Trudeau and his team were
lonely voices for the Confederation
lonely and
unpopular and his opponent who want a
fast track to Independence were cheered
before they'd even uttered a
word later with a trademark family shrug
the young Trudeau said he doesn't much
care what his peers think of his views
everyone's got Pure pressure at this age
I mean there's pressure to smoke there's
pressure to do all sorts of stuff and um
I've never been affected by peer
pressure never students at English
language colleges just distanced
themselves from the referendum when they
realized pro-independence groups were
paying for it all French schools have
not taken an unbiased view towards this
referendum the vote is set for next week
but organizers say they have no
intention of presenting the results to
the commission on Quebec's future they
say the vote will speak for itself a
simple and direct yes or no to Quebec's
sovereignty Neil McDonald CBC News
Montreal