Word: referendum
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...really scared that Canada was not going to exist after tonight," said Negin, a Canadian citizen who did not vote in the referendum. "Quebec has sent its message--now it's time to rebuild...
Jaylone Lee '97, a Quebec resident who voted "No" in the referendum, said rebuilding may be easier said than done...
Approximately 500 members of the Harvard and Cambridge community gathered last night at the Kennedy School's Wiener Auditorium and Taubman Rotunda, where the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and its francophone division, the Societe Radio-Canada (SRC), broadcast live satellite results of referendum tallies...
Much of the CCA's base came from supporters of rent control, a 1970 initiative repealed by statewide referendum last November. Without their main issue, CCA candidates may be in trouble...
...taken by surprise as the vote neared, finally made a dramatic unity speech on Friday. But it may be too little, too late. The spectacle of the Canadian people coming from all over the continent to plead with Quebec to stay in the union can be seen as a referendum on Chretien's failed leadership on one of his most fundamental responsibilities: preserving the nation. "Quebec is tired of being treated as if it was not to be taken seriously, as if it would never leave, no matter what," says TIME International editor George Russell. "If the people of Quebec...