Catalans in Montreal watch independence referendum with concern, hope

Catalans in Quebec watched Sunday’s referendum on the independence of Catalonia from Spain with concern and hope.
Preliminary poll results after the chaotic vote showed 90 per cent favoured independence after under half the electorate voted in a day that saw around 850 people injured in clashes with police.
Catalonia’s government will hold a closed-door cabinet meeting Monday to discuss the next steps in its plan to declare independence from Spain following the disputed referendum ma