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...only ours, but other people.' Far from being an "isolationist," Buchanan called for the immediate recognition of Slovenia, Croatia, Ukraine and the Baltics when those nations declared independence from their communist oppressors. And he is the only candidate who won't hide behind tired, reactionary calls for "stability" when Quebec secedes from Canada later this year, or when devolution becomes a reality in Scotland...
...most obvious force pulling Canada apart is language. Three-quarters of the population grow up speaking English, while one-quarter of it grow up speaking French. For the most part, the groups do not mingle, but live in segregated regional blocs -- French speakers in Quebec province, English speakers in the rest of Canada...
...plant a North American colony -- maintained a society that was rural, Roman Catholic and inward-looking. But in the 1960s, as Quebecois moved into business and the professions, Quebecois separatists raised their sights. They now control two parties of their own -- the Parti Quebecois, which contests (and sometimes wins) Quebec provincial elections, and the newer Bloc Quebecois, which holds seats in the national Parliament. French Canadians are intelligent and entrepreneurial. When it comes to politics, they're blowhards, endlessly recounting their frustrations, many of them imaginary. Compared with other minorities in the modern age, they have had an exceedingly easy...
...hope of peace. The most irritating concession they went along with was the policy of bilingualism, established by former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in the '60s and '70s. Pols and bureaucrats were required to learn both tongues, and it was hoped that over time their fluency would trickle down. Quebec paid no attention, enacting a series of French-only laws. For the first time, English Canadians began to wish that Quebec would clear...
...ONLY HORSE SHIT in Old Quebec now isdropped by the few big beasts who drag the heavynew carriages, pulling tourists through the townfor 50 bucks a pop. It is quickly swept away,before it can offend the sensitive nostrils of theout-of-town visitors...