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MONTREAL — Catherine Fournier is finally getting a chance to experience a referendum on independence, but the young Bloc Québécois activist had to cross an ocean to do it.

With support for sovereignty waning at home, Quebec separatists are looking excitedly to next Thursday’s Scottish vote on whether to break from the United Kingdom. Both the Bloc and the Parti Québécois are sending delegations to observe the referendum, hoping a Yes victory will breathe new life into their moribund cause.

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“If the Scots succeed in giving themselves a country, I hope it will boost Quebecers’ taste for freedom,” Ms. Fournier said this week, just before leaving for Edinburgh.

“I think there will be an undeniable effect in Quebec. People here are again going to say, ‘Quebec is the only one to say no, to deny itself the chance of becoming a country.’ I think that can really motivate the indépendantiste troops.”