I tend to not look at what was before, but what is now. There's a lot more convergence between Quebec and English-speaking Canada now than ever in the past. In English-Speaking Canada, many of the social issues you mentioned are now moving or have already moved to the same level of Quebec's (which shows that English-speaking Canadians are not the same as those from 20, 30 or 40 years ago). And on the flip side, the hard cultural familiarity that Quebec shares with the rest of Canada (music, interests, way of life) has more and moved moved to what is done in the rest of Canada than any time in the past 20, 30 or 40 years ago. A lot of people don't like to view it in these terms, because it blurs many lines of what is and is not distinct anymore. But in practical contemporary terms, Canada is looking more and more, and has become more and more a unified country on these fronts than at any time in its past. And the trend looks to be continuing. (Sure, provincial squabbles occur between provinces, or between provinces and the feds, but that's just checks-and-balance politics which makes the federation work better by always challenging itself).