The Clarity Agreement proposed by the President of the Generalitat, Pere Aragonès, in the general policy debate is inspired, as he himself said, by Canada’s Clarity Agreement. This agreement is a law approved by the Canadian Parliament, against the independence movement, in 2000 which lays the foundations allowing the executive to negotiate the secession of one of its provinces after a referendum.

The text gives the House of Commons of Canada the power to decide whether the question is sufficiently clear and to check whether the support of the people is majority. This agreement was created in response to the two referendums on Quebec independence.

Canadian law gives the House of Commons of Canada the power to decide whether the referendum question is clear. Thus, if the camera considers that the statement may lead to confusion, it must be reformulated.

It also lets you decide what the percentage is in case the yes wins. With this point, it is implied that a reinforced majority is necessary, that is to say that an independence process would need a support much wider than 50%.

In short, it does not explicitly say what majority is necessary and the Canadian Parliament reserves the right, a posteriori, to decide whether the majority was sufficiently clear, or to say whether the question was sufficient. Either way, you have the power to reverse a decision if you believe any of the principles of the Clarity Agreement have been violated.

Finally, and in the event that a province of Canada such as Quebec favors secession, the Canada Clarity Accord also establishes the need for an amendment to the Constitution and acceptance of the ‘independence.