Tuesday's letters: Separatist referendum will cause suffering

Having endured two separatist referendums in my home province of Quebec in 1980 and 1995, I can say with confidence that they caused suffering. Neighbours stopped being neighbourly, friendships were shattered, couples divorced, families were irreparably divided, employees were instructed not to talk to each other about the upcoming votes because of the distraction and disruption it caused in workplaces, et cetera. The societal chaos and damage caused by ambitious politicians was incalculable, bu