Against a backdrop of fresh talk of Alberta separation and the constant spectre of Quebec’s sovereignty movement, a new national opinion poll found that most Canadians say breaking up will be hard to do.

A large majority of respondents nationally said any secession by one province would require negotiation with all provinces and must be supported by a clear majority of voters in the province, and most said separation cannot be a unilateral decision, and it should require approval by the federal House of Commons.

A national opinion survey , conducted by Leger Marketing for the Association for Canadian Studies and provided to Postmedia, was designed to probe Canadians attitudes about the process for separation, rather than their views on separation itself, and what should follow a succes

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