Personally, I think the anglophones of Québec have a weak case for partition. The Cree and Inuit (inter alia), on the other hand, have at least as much right to their traditional territories as the residents of Montréal and southern Québec do to them.
Let me add further than I can easily envision an attempt by First Nations to resist secession flaring into armed conflict. The SQ tries to enforce certain laws, they find resistance, in the struggle shots are fired, armed camps appear and so on.
Your average English Canadian will not fight to keep Québec City or Montréal part of Canada, but he would have a lot of sympathy for the First Nations in such a conflict — I can imagine volunteers coming from elsewhere in the country to join in.
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