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...Canada's past came a once-great voice. It was the voice of 75-year-old Henri Bourassa, the bearded lion of Quebec nationalism...
Those who knew their Canadian history could hardly believe their ears: Henri Bourassa advised French Canadians, when there was no candidate for the isolationist Bloc Populaire, to vote for the socialist C.C.F. On second thought, Canadians realized that the advice was not so surprising after all. Henri Bourassa simply believed that the C.C.F. was likely to be more nationalistic than other parties opposing the Bloc, acted accordingly...
Unholy Alliance. Bourassa's sudden reappearance in the news evoked memories of a great figure in Canadian history. Thirty years ago Nationalist Bourassa formed an "unholy alliance" with anti-nationalist Tories to defeat French Canada's No. 1 statesman, Sir Wilfred Laurier...
...engrossed in the King's 25th milestone than in the question of whether they might be obliged to go to war again. Student pacifists, leagues against war were as profuse in Canada as in the U. S. Few weeks ago a seasoned old Quebec M. P. named Henri Bourassa pushed a measure through Commons sustaining the Kellogg Anti-War pact. Leading the anti-war campaign was Canada's largest newspaper, the rich, radical Toronto Star...
While frenzied dickering and lobbying proceeded behind the scenes, lurid Independent Bourassa made what was later referred to on the floor of the House as "a delightful speech on everything under...