Conrad Black

To the incredulity of the world, placid, prosperous Canada stands yet again at the brink of constitutional collapse. To resolve this crisis once and for all, Canada must decide what it stands for. Traditionally, the country distinguished itself from its American neighbor by its kinder, gentler social welfare programs, now dismal failures, and by its bilingual national character, now threatened by Quebec's new separatist government. Biculturalism should be Canada's raison d'être. If Quebec secedes, English Canada should consider joining the United States. Either way, Canada will become a more perfect union.