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NDP Leader Tom Mulcair has waded into the national unity swamp, with proposed legislation specifying that a bare majority Yes vote would be sufficient to trigger negotiations on Quebec’s secession from Canada.

New Democrat MP Craig Scott tabled Monday what his party is dubbing the “unity bill.”

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The bill would repeal the Clarity Act — introduced by former Liberal prime minister Jean Chretien after Quebecers came within a hair of voting to secede in 1995 — and replace it with legislation which Mulcair maintained would provide more certainty and be more respectful of Quebecers.

Its introduction Monday was designed to counter a Bloc Quebecois motion calling for a total repeal of the Clarity Act.

“Instead of playing the games that the Liberals have always sought to play with this file and dropping us into the void as the Bloc would do, we’re proposing something constructive that is a positive way forward,” Mulcair said.