Word: quebecers
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...been Canada's Prime Minister for more than eleven years, governing his nation longer than any other contemporary leader in the West. He had become a symbol of Canadian federalism who fought hard against the separatist yearnings of his fellow French Canadians in his native province of Quebec (see box). Swept to power on a wave of "Trudeaumania," he had once seemed the very model of a philosopher-statesman, blessed with an impressive intellect and an acerbic wit-not to mention a sensuous young wife. But last week Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 59, who had served three times as Canada...
...returns were watched with an unusual interest in the U.S., which has a natural concern about the political stability of a country that is not only its neighbor but also a key supplier of oil, natural gas and other raw materials. In recent years Washington has been jittery about Quebec's volatile separatist movement and has privately applauded Trudeau's efforts to control it. State Department officials expect no significant changes in U.S.-Canada relations as a result of Clark's victory. But they acknowledge that it will take some time for the new Prime Minister...
...polarization was reflected in the province-by-province tallies. The Liberals held their own in the impoverished prov inces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland. In Quebec, Trudeau easily recaptured his home riding (district) in Montreal, and the Liberals won a smashing victory. A stunning 61.9% of the popular vote and 67 of the province's 75 parliamentary seats fell into Liberal hands...
Thanks largely to their huge majority in Quebec, the Liberals outpolled the Tories 39.9% to 36.1% in the popular vote -but the parliamentary totals were the ones that counted. Early Wednesday morning, Trudeau addressed 1,000 dejected supporters in Ottawa's Chateau Laurier hotel. "I think I will be a pretty good leader of the opposition..." he began. Interrupted by applause, he never finished the sentence...
...distribution of power between the provinces and the federal government in Ottawa. Western Canadians feel that their interests have too long been ignored or overlooked by Ottawa and want a larger say in the nation's affairs. Overriding everything, of course, is the issue of separatism in Quebec, and Premier Levesque's plan to hold a referendum on a new form of "sovereignty-association" between his province and the rest of Canada...