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...resulting emissions were three times greater than allowed under the Clean Air Act. In announcing the recalls, Attorney General Janet Reno told a news conference, "It is simply not fair to burden people's health to improve the sales of automobiles." But Detroit bureau chief William McWhirter says that the fine, the second-largest levied on a manufacturer under the Clean Air Act, appears to be for a comparatively minor infraction: "The recalls are aimed at GM's Northstar Engines, which everyone views as the gemstones of GM technology and possibly the best V-8 engines made in the world...
...fray. Bouchard, who announced he was considering leaving politics after Quebec's referendum to secede from Canada was narrowly defeated last month, says he will seek to replace outgoing Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau. "Bouchard has put regionalism ahead of a national role in government," says TIME's William McWhirter. "What he's done is say Quebec is more important than the country. And given his success in galvanizing Quebeckers during the referendum, he is the province's best chance at gaining independence. Bouchard won't wait ten years, as the separatists did before, until he calls another election...
...charismatic co-leader. Since Parizeau's decision to leave Tuesday, at least two potential replacements have said they would defer to a Bouchard candidacy. The Parti Quebecois, which took power in Quebec last year, chooses its leader through a vote of all 150,000 members. TIME's William McWhirter reports that Bouchard "goes back to Ottawa as the leader of the opposition party vowing to keep the cause alive. Prime Minister Chretien has stumbled badly. In fact, none of the leading political figures here have come off looking graceful or in charge. They have all been hurt except for Bouchard...
Prime Minister Chretien, says McWhirter, now must find a way "to satisfy Quebec within the federation. Last night's vote says very clearly that they haven't found a way to do that yet. At least he doesn't have to deal with immediate questions of crisis that separation victory would have forced upon him, but his leadership has stumbled badly. In fact, none of the leading political figures here have come off looking graceful or in charge. They have all been hurt except for Bouchard himself...
...Everybody I saw today clearly felt they were voting with their lives and they were generally scared about the outcome," McWhirter adds. "Whatever the outcome, you can be sure that pro-federalists in the province of Quebec and in Montreal cast their votes to the very last man. But the results in Montreal may not reflect the sentiments of the rest of Quebec. This is a very highly educated internationalist enclave, even as it doubles as the capital. It will be interesting if you have a brand new country called Quebec that does not have the support of its business...