Even if various actors contributed to Quebec's path towards nationalism, I would consider René Lévesque as one of the main defenders of Quebec nationalism. He was considered a strong leader of Quebec independence and later formed the new provincial party in Canada – the Parti Québécois (Tangelder, 1995). The party's goal was essentially to achieve the sovereignty or independence of Quebec by means of a majority vote. Lévesque used his platform to finally shed light on some of the fundamental issues that were occurring in Quebec, particularly issues that negatively targeted French Canadians. One issue involved concerns that the majority of businesses (80%) were owned by English speakers, limiting French Canadians' chances of advancing in the business world (Fitzmaurice,