▁of ▁English ▁Canada ▁to ▁the ▁collapse ▁of ▁the ▁Me ech ▁Lake ▁Acc ord . ▁N olin ▁reg rett ed ▁grant ing ▁permission ▁for ▁the ▁" No " ▁committee ▁once ▁the ▁scale ▁became ▁known , ▁and ▁Johnson ▁felt ▁the ▁r ally ▁only ▁ex ac erb ated ▁t ensions ▁with ▁regard ▁to ▁English ▁Canada . ▁Op in ions ▁on ▁whether ▁the ▁r ally ▁had ▁an ▁impact ▁were ▁divided ▁and ▁unable ▁to ▁be ▁g aug ed , ▁as ▁the ▁r ally ▁happened ▁while ▁the ▁final ▁pol ls ▁for ▁the ▁Monday ▁refer endum ▁were ▁being ▁produced . ▁ ▁Op in ion ▁pol ling ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁campaign , ▁pol ls ▁were ▁reported ▁by ▁all ▁pol lst ers ▁and ▁press ▁out lets ▁with ▁a ▁general ▁guid eline ▁of ▁having ▁und ec ided ▁vot ers ▁split ▁une ven ly ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁the ▁" No " ▁side : ▁This ▁r anged ▁from ▁ 2 / 3 ▁to ▁ 3 / 4 ▁of ▁the ▁und ec ided ▁vote . ▁ ▁Result ▁▁▁ 9 3 . 5 2 % ▁of ▁the ▁ 5 , 0 8 7 , 0 0 9 ▁registered ▁Quebec ers ▁voted ▁in ▁the ▁refer endum , ▁a ▁higher ▁turn out ▁than ▁any ▁provincial ▁or ▁federal ▁election ▁in ▁Canada ' s ▁history . ▁The ▁proposal ▁of ▁June ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁was ▁rejected ▁by ▁vot ers , ▁with ▁ 5 0 . 5 8 % ▁voting ▁" No " ▁and ▁ 4 9 . 4 2 % ▁voting ▁" Yes ". ▁The ▁margin