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...Consider Quebec: Separatists north of the border still agitate for a split from Canada, evidently believing that that now would be a great time to establish a Little France right next door to the United States, since Americans always react so happily to all things French - and what better tonic for a struggling global economy than another country that spends three-quarters of its work week threatening to go on strike and the remaining part walking off the job in a huff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Enough With the New Countries | 2/22/2008 | See Source »

...Audience members asked Royal to address more controversial topics, such as whether students should be allowed to wear turbans in school. “We respect all religions but nobody can trouble somebody else with exterior signs of religion,” responded Royal.When asked about Quebec sovereignty, Royal brushed aside the question, despite having supported it in the past.“It’s in the program that she supported Quebec sovereignty,” Elizabeth B. Graber ’11 said. “And then she said that she can’t talk...

Author: By Prateek Kumar and Rachel A. Stark, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Royal Calls For Reform Of Left | 2/8/2008 | See Source »

...Canadian constitution as well. Although the vast majority of Canadians feel no allegiance to Britain and believe in republican status for Canada, it has remained a commonwealth because changing its political status would lend legitimacy to Québécois separatists who advocate for an independent Quebec. Thus, an amendment to the Canadian constitution catalyzed by the modification of the Act of Settlement could plausibly lead to the Republic of Canada and an independent Quebec. All of the remaining monarchies of the Commonwealth League of Nations may then be propelled to become republics as well. [See correction below...

Author: By Jayadeep K. Manchi | Title: Britain and Catholicism | 2/7/2008 | See Source »

...unusual Prime Ministerial foray on to Bank of Canada turf. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty met with the PM the next day, calling for lower interest rates and a federal contribution to a $1.1 billion jobs fund for struggling Ontario manufacturers. (Harper made no promises.) The same day, the Quebec Premier was demanding a loonie summit with all the provincial Premiers. (One is now scheduled for January). Just six weeks after the loonie achieved parity with the buck in September, Canadians still seemed disconcerted, as if something a tad unnatural had happened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Loonie Takes Off in Canada | 12/20/2007 | See Source »

...something big was happening in Canada in 2007. The economy boomed even as that of its southern neighbor showed signs of cooling. The engines of Canadian growth are shifting from the traditional heartland, Ontario and Quebec, to the resource-rich regions of the West and Newfoundland. In 2007, some Canadians won. Some lost. Or, as the Canadian Press put it in September: "High Loonie Is Bad for Canadian Pigs, Good for American Lettuce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Loonie Takes Off in Canada | 12/20/2007 | See Source »

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