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To: RightWhale
I don't think so. The maritimes are in Quebec's sphere of influence. From that article:

The Canadian Right's shift to pro-Americanism was coincident, he says, with the rise of the American New Right and the 1964 presidential campaign of Barry Goldwater.

The National Post, Canada's leading right-wing newspaper, sides with the Alliance. A reliable source claims that a famous right-wing pundit, a star of the National Post, was heard to say, "The Post has a problem. It was started to save Canada, but Canada isn't worth saving."
7 posted on 02/28/2002 3:27:28 PM PST by Azura2
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To: Azura2
Back in the 60s, the Maritimes by themselves were not far from merging with New England in some kind of economic zone. Ontario would not join with the US, of course, unless most of Canada were about to do the same. The Western Pronvinces are sometimes closer, sometimes further from merging with the US. Quebec will go it alone no matter what. I don't see a union within 10 years due to insufficient lack of interest from either Canadian or US parties. If it does happen, those who live along the southern border of Canada will probably move farther south, there being little reason to stay up north. The ones remaining in the north would mainly be those engaged in mining, timber, farming.
9 posted on 02/28/2002 3:41:22 PM PST by RightWhale
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