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Which proved again that Canadians have seemingly irreconcilable ideas of what their country should be. The pact recognized Quebec as a "distinct society" and guaranteed it 25% of the House of Commons. But the province's Francophones insisted on greater control over tax money as well. A new, popularly elected Senate with six seats per province would have increased the clout of the English-speaking Western provinces. But they too wanted more -- and bridled at any special treatment at all for Quebec...
...Quebec separatists avoided defeat. But to make the province an independent country, they would have to win provincial elections in 1994 and then a provincial referendum. Polls show only about a third of the Quebec vote to be hard-core separatist. Quebec's demands for a looser federation, Western insistence on greater clout, aboriginal longing for self-government -- all are likely to be fought out piecemeal in Ottawa, with uncertain results. The only point everybody can agree on is that the idea of trying to solve all these problems by writing a new constitution is dead for years to come...
...Tigers, a team composed of both undergraduate and graduate students, feature a talented attack, led by forwards Derek Switzer, Andrew MacVicar and Ken MacDermid. So far, the Tigers are 2-1-2 in exhibition games, including a 6-1 trouncing of Quebec Trois Rivieres, the Canadian national college champs from two years...
Philadelphia 4, Quebec...
Philadelphia at Quebec...