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...with several closely contested constituencies scheduled to undergo recounts, the two largest parties seemed, incredibly, to be tied with 109 seats each. The Progressive Conservatives, led by Robert Stanfield, had won nearly all their seats in English-speaking provinces; Trudeau's Liberals were elected principally in French-speaking Quebec. The rest were divided among the socialist-oriented New Democratic Party (30), the right-wing populist Social Credit Party (14) and independents (2). As the Toronto Sun headlined the morning after the election: WHAT A MESS...
...Quebec Nationalism. Trudeau proclaims that the major issue is "the integrity of Canada"-meaning a continued place in the Confederation for Quebec, where the separatist Parti Québecois won 23.06% of the vote in provincial elections two years ago (but decisively lost two by-elections earlier this month). Trudeau has responded to Quebec nationalism by trying to assure French-Canadians of a larger role in Canada and particularly in government -which has cost him votes among English-Canadians. They have complained about French signs on post offices, and the use of their taxes to alleviate unemployment in Quebec, which...
With the New England Whalegs a man down, Renald Lecierc of the Quebec Nordiques split the defense to break in alone on Whaler goalie Al Smith to end New England's three-game winning streak, 4-3, at the Boston Garden last night...
More than any other man Samuel de Champlain helped create Quebec as a bastion of French commitment to the New World. He made 23 perilous voyages from France to Canada in the years just after the turn of the 17th century. He navigated the coast of New England down as far as Cape Cod, and pursued inland lakes and rivers to their sources exploring New France. He could not swim. He never managed to learn any Indian language. He had almost no sex life. But he could digest anything. He was also brave and resourceful, as well as the best...
...honorary Doctor of Letters degrees were awarded this morning. Saul Bellow, the author of Mister Sammler's Planet. Herzog, Henderson the Rain King and The Adventures of Augie March, among others, is generally regarded as one of American's finest writers. Age 57, he was born in Lachine, Quebec, in 1915, and received a B.S. from Northeastern University...