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...Several years later, the KGB station in Ottawa leaked some phony documents on CIA letterhead purporting to show that U.S. agents were secretly aiding the Quebec Liberation Front and in various other ways trying to destabilize the central government. An American spook took his Soviet counterpart to lunch and said, "You really want to play this game? Your country may someday have secession problems a lot bigger than Canada...
...weeks ago, Mulroney thought he had secured an agreement on the pact after a 70-hour marathon of closed-door bargaining with provincial premiers in Ottawa. Last week he saw that deal fall apart when the legislatures of Manitoba and Newfoundland adjourned without taking ratification votes. "Today is not the day to launch new constitutional initiatives," a somber Mulroney said afterward. "It is a time to heal wounds and reach out to fellow Canadians...
...fight is not with Quebec," said Harper, who throughout his stonewalling clutched an eagle feather as a sign of divine guidance. The province's aims "are the same goals we as aboriginal people are seeking to achieve." Ottawa's attempts to mollify Harper with promises of an active role in future constitutional reform were rejected by native leaders. Said Manitoba's Ovide Mercredi: "We aren't interested in horse-trading...
...that hard-won agreement died last week, the country sank into a fit of finger pointing. Ottawa blamed Newfoundland's Wells for the debacle. But Mulroney himself was a major target. Said Jean Chretien, favored to become & leader of the opposition Liberal Party: "Prime Minister, Canadians will never ever forgive...
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