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Article: Quebec and Mr. Mercredi. (Ovide Mercredi)
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- Canadian Dimension
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- October 1, 1992
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There are moments when history seems to be telescoped, packed into a few hours, with each major trend announcing itself as a television item, right after the previous one.
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: these past three days have been that way.
Wednesday, the latenight news had announced to us a breakthrough in the constitutional negotiations in Ottawa.
Bourassa, for Quebec, and the other prime ministers, presumably with Alberta in the leading role, had agreed that Canada's system of government could include an elected Senate giving strong representation to the West and the Maritimes. This was a surprising agreement. It went against a type of ...