Quebec paradiplomacy in late 1980s - early 1990s
The paper examines the key aspects of Quebec international activity under the liberal governments of Robert Bourassa (1985-1994) and Daniel Johnson Jr. (1994). This period is of considerable interest for several reasons. First, it was then, that some important steps have been taken for the institutionalization of Quebec paradiplomacy. Second, a white paper which presented the main objectives of Quebec international policy and its commercial and economic relations with foreign partners was adopted in this period. Third, late 1980s - early 1990s brought major changes to the whole world and to North America in particular, which crucially affected the international activities of Quebec. Fourth, that time witnessed some serious transformation in such areas traditional for provincial paradiplomacy as relations with France and the United States, as well as participation in the international Francophone cooperation.