• The 2002 MRC council mergers (and changes in political demarcations in the Quebec City region as a whole) were mandated by the provincial government as part of an indirect ('back door') move to create an independent Quebec state.
• These changes in local political demarcation have (in effect) returned Quebec City to a political demarcation arrangement that is very reminiscent to the way the region was organized some 300-400 years ago.
• The new MRC (regional council) demarcations can be used to create an independent Quebec state of Gibraltar dimensions (if not larger) and solve Canada's post 1931 political problems relating to Quebec political independence.
  

MRC in the above image means "Metropolitan Regional Community", this is analogous to NZ or Australian cities that have merged (by state or federal request) but where the local council still maintains some local zoning (etc) powers.

This is end of the geographical part of the proposal.

Quebec Province: Impacts and fixes

• The provincial government decision making center will have to be moved, probably to the Montreal region. A new provincial parliament building will have to be built.
  
• Quebec Province will have to become a sub-contractor (utility provider) for many of Quebec State services -- like water and electricity.
• Quebec Province will need to be compensated for the changes in its tax base and changes in the geography of its governmental services.
• Quebec State will probably need to be provided with 1,500,000,000 CAD to ease its transition into a state. Quebec Province should be exempted as much as possible from these costs -- but should cover 10% of the transition costs over 20 years.
  

Banking & Finance

• Initially bank account routing digits will be in the Canadian format, but within 5 years Quebec will transition to its own unique bank account digit routing format.
• Banking regulation and oversight should evolve along (Lichtenstein and Swiss) lines of governance. Canada must assist Quebec along these lines for up to 20 years after independence to ensure a smooth transition and banking system stability.
  

Citizenship Protocol

• Canada and Quebec should have symmetrical citizenship rules between themselves separate from the existent rules for all other nations. It must be noted that Quebec and Canada occupy physical space next to each other and are so closely linked in ways that the US and Canada and Canada and France are not.
• In order not to disadvantage each others permanent residents, a uniform 2 years of residence to Citizenship route must be established.
  

• All Quebec laws [and applicable government regulations] as a matter of protocol and practice should be appealable to the Canadian Supreme Court. In this way the Canadian Supreme Court can act as the UK Privy Council did for Canada up until 1940.
  
• The Canadian Supreme Court (with respect to Quebec State) would end up having a similar role to the Privy Council in the UK Commonwealth legal system.
• A permanent enlargement of the Canadian Supreme Court [of 2 or 3 persons, 1 ex officio] may be necessary to achieve this. Some costs could be covered by Quebec State.
  
• Quebec should strike a deal with the UK, allowing one case per year to be appealed to the UK Privy Council every year -- specifically cases that deemed unresolved or unresolvable by the Canadian Supreme Court.
  

• Quebec will be in the CAD zone, but will have the right to issue notes that indicate separate nation status.
• The currency arrangement should be based on the UK's Scottish Pound.
  

• The sum of 500,000,000 CAD is to be awarded to the First Nations tribal entities affected by this change (the creation of a new nation).
• This money transfer its to take place over a time frame of 25 years starting from the 1st day of the existence of the new nation.
• A joint Quebec-Canada "Land Claims Tribunal" should be created to resolve all residual land claims issues related to the creation of the new nation for a time frame 60 years.
  

• The Canadian rules for incorporation, although a huge improvement over the US's are a mess that ordinary people [and small companies] may find hard to use to their advantage.
• Quebec must evolve incorporation rules that make it a hotbed of offshore [and to an extent on-shore Canadian] incorporation.
  

• The Quebec income tax rate should initially be the same as the Province of Quebec -- but after 2 years of independence Quebec should be free to create its own taxation schemes.
  
• Over time Quebec should and must evolve a tax scheme that is a mixture of European (Isle of Man, Jersey, Gibraltar, Swiss, Monaco, Andorra, Malta) and Caribbean (Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Anguilla) taxation elements.
• The new state of Quebec should work with the Canadian government to make it be less important and necessary for Canadians to move their money to these other offshore lotions for taxation reasons (personal and corporate).
• Quebec must distinguish between "Tax Residency" and "Residency" with respect to double taxation treaties.
  

Telecommunications

• Quebec should not take part in the North American telephone numbering scheme but have its own [2 digit] ITU (International Calling) country code.
• Quebec should be able to choose its own HDTV transmission format, but with respect to traditional AM / FM most technical arrangements should be coordinated with the CRTC, and where occasionally applicable: the US FCC and ITU.
  

Transport

• Quebec should have its own Civil Aviation authority, but most Civil Aviation functions applying to multi-passenger airlines and smaller passenger transport should be farmed out to Canada.
• Quebec will have its own car plates and road transport authority, like Monaco does.
  

Security

• Quebec should be permitted to have a Coast Guard, but no Navy or Army.
• A limited Air Force should be permitted, with elite Special Forces to handle emergencies that may occur in the immediate region.
  
• Quebec should be a member of NATO, but in NATO's outer ring. This would entitle it to contribute resources but personnel.