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...classified as regionalist parties. The Alliance is a new party; its full name is the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance. Its membership is drawn partially from what used to be the Reform Party--currently Canada's official opposition--and partially from disillusioned Conservatives. Like the Bloc Quebecois, which advocates Quebec's separation from Canada, its appeal is largely regional. West of Ontario, the Alliance shows healthy (for Day, at least; most Canadians, however, pale at the prospect) leads in the polls. East of the Manitoba-Ontario divide, responsible citizens balk at Stockwell "Doris" Day, insisting that anyone who announces...
...Canada, in contrast, elections are characterized by debates on political ideology and social introspection. Because of the fear of Quebec's secession from the rest of the Confederation, a party's campaign is either a five to eight week advertisement on the virtues of Canada or a jumble of plans for the renovation of the country and the Constitution. The continuous threat posed by the separatist movement forces Canadians to think about the direction of their society at every election. It is a chance for us to pretend we all hate politics and then happily engage in arduous and arcane...
...making all the gates. He was sardonic, often arrogant, prone to lecture. In parliamentary debate, his abrasiveness drove the opposition into spasms of rage. There's a danger Trudeau will be remembered for his style more than his achievements. That would be a mistake. He used the army against Quebec terrorists while forcing the English-speaking provinces to make services available in French. He led a rethinking of the constitutional structure of the country and its relationship with England. He sparked a Canadian orientation toward the Pacific Rim 20 years before that phrase became a byword in the U.S. Those...
...Trudeau, who died Thursday in Montreal at age 80, served an almost uninterrupted 16 years as Canada's prime minister, from 1968 until his resignation in 1984. Flamboyant, determined and occasionally quixotic, Trudeau helped establish Canada's modern identity, opened its eyes to the wider world, and fought the Quebec separatist movement that threatened to split the country in two. Richard Duncan, former Ottawa bureau chief (and TIME.com editor), remembers Trudeau from the years he covered...
...There's a danger that Trudeau will be remembered more for his style than for his achievements. That would be a big mistake. It seemed at the time that he was holding Canada together, and historians haven't challenged that evaluation yet. He used the army against Quebec terrorists, while forcing the English-speaking provinces to make services and education available in French. He led a rethinking of the entire constitutional structure of the country and its relationship with England, both through his own legal expertise and through his incessant challenging of the status quo. ("Why should I sell your...