IS THE CANADIAN CONFEDERATION DOOMED?
In his last report from Canada, before leaving for the United Kingdom, Mr. Eric Butler provides some sobering comments on the future of the Canadian Confederation. I am preparing this report shortly after lunching with a former Canadian Cabinet Minister, from Western Canada. We were discussing the Quebec problem and the possible future of the Canadian Confederation. “Well, what would be wrong if we permitted Quebec to become an independent State?” the Cabinet Minister asked. It is certain that a partnership which no longer works, which produces increasing friction, should not be continued merely for the sake of blindly insisting that Canada is one nation. The whole cannot be greater than the parts, and if those parts are in conflict then it may prove that the only way to remove the friction is to provide complete sovereignty for the parts. Former Royal Canadian Mounted Police under-cover agent Mr. Pat Walsh, a Quebecer himself, has outlined a powerful case on security grounds against p
