Happy Birthday, Bonnie Chance
Fireworks blossomed and flags rippled in Ottawa last week, as 23 million Canadiansor most of them, anyway cheered the 110th anniversary of their national confederation. The $3.5 million birthday bash was a big change from last year, when merrymaking funds were slashed abruptly by an austerity-minded government. This time the question of national unity overrode any urge for thrift. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau was determined to show that Canadians want to stick together as a nation despite the election victory of the separatist Parti Québécois last November in...
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