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...words "history painter" suggest an august mummification of fact-Wolfe nobly expiring at Quebec, Washington becoming his own statue in the boat on the Delaware. If Kitaj can be called a painter of modern history, he is not of that sort...
...Brunswick's Richard Hatfield and Ontario's William Davis, the provincial premiers fear the new constitution could erode their power by increasing the leverage of the central government. Furthermore, another dimension should be noted: The constitutional package forms the crux of Trudeau's response to the separatist movement in Quebec and the growing regional loyalties of the resource-rich, solidly Conservative West. If the constitution is indeed brought home, on Trudeau's reasoning, Canadians will be able to share common rights without having their particular identities threatened. Francophones could be proud of their language and distinct culture, Westerners could...
...Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan...
Canada's multiplying miseries are as much political as economic. Power sharing between the ten provinces and the central government in Ottawa has often been difficult, and separatist pressures in French-speaking Quebec have been especially troublesome. The most recent difficulty involves the burgeoning oil wealth of Alberta and other energy-rich western provinces, which have been waging a tug-of-war with Ottawa over energy pricing, taxes and revenues...
...unanimous consent of provincial governments for some federal initiatives and allow provinces to opt out of others altogether. Both measures, of course, would ensure continued provincial leverage over the federal government?precisely what Trudeau is trying to avoid. Ironically, the premiers' initiative had been undercut the day before, when Quebec's supreme court became the second to approve the legality of Trudeau's proposed reforms. With a measure of renewed confidence, Trudeau went on television to denounce the whole provincial plan as "a victory for those who want to move Canada slowly toward disintegration...