Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 28, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba The weather 30 Chance of morning i flurries or afternoon High Low details on Page d7 saturday free press plus taxes outlying october show the world that you Are proud to be Fly our nations Flag at the National Unity rally at noon tomorrow at the a sea of Hope saving the country canadians pour into Quebec to woo voters j s by Dan Lett and Treena Khan staff reporters countdown of for Canada is Tor Notow from noon to at the from 9 to 5 its customers can make a Call to friends and family in Quebec for up to five minutes free of the Blue bombers Are handing out Canadian flags to the first fans at the Winnipeg Ottawa game tomorrow at 2 at the game will be on National prayer Vigil for Canadian 3390 Portage to holy Trinity 256 Smith is open for special National Unity prayers from 7 to 4 inside rally at the world is taking notice keeping it on answer is no to plans big for monday Montreal a split could trigger rage c6 blues Gorrell big on Unity tidal wave of canadians from the farthest reaches of the nation crashed on the shores of Quebec and washed Over the province in a desperate and emotional bid to win the hearts of nearly canadians from every province and responding to Quebec federalists plea for jammed six Square blocks of downtown Mon Treal yesterday for nearly three hours in an emotional attempt to shape the history of separation is my constant said 17yearold Jeff Leclerc of my Mes Sage is simply vote Manitoba is nothing without Quebec in Cana i know it sounds like but its Leclerc was one of 50 Manito bans who jumped on an Early morning Unity flight carrying concerned canadians from Van Couver and across the an estimated 100 Manitoban made their Way to Montreal for the Many of them with Manitoba Ted a Winnipeg Bank was overwhelmed by the surge of concern he saw in the streets of Montreal continued please see can thousands of canadians Jam streets of Montreal yesterday to convince Quebe cers they Are a vital part of the we Are a great country and shall become one of the greatest in the world if we preserve we shall sink into insignificance and adversity if we suffer it to be Bro sir John first prime minister of Canada after months of sitting on the sidelines and letting their political leaders do the canadians by the tens of thousands Are taking the matter of saving the country into their own that is As it should f for too Long the debate Over Canadas future has been dominated by ambitious Spe Cial interest groups and constitutional experts Bent on fighting to the death Over issues in the great scheme of matter Little or not at its time to let canadians have their they know there is More to Canada than the legalese of constitutional arrangements or they know Canada is a great they know there is no place on Earth where people live in greater Harmony where the air and water Are where the different cultures of the world mix with greater where the Standard of including health education and social is As canadians rally in different parts of the country or make their Way to Quebec this weekend by bus or they will become the Best reason Quebe cers could have for voting no on but amid the remarkable outpouring of affection for canadians must also reflect on what has happened to make this genuine show of love necessary to save the at the heart of the Issue is the question of whether Canada can be flexible enough to accommodate Quebec Clear desire for a degree of political and economic Over the last 25 Canad nourished by the idea of one Canada where All people Are equal and no province has More Power than the have been legitimately reluctant to accept que becs fearing the province would become a nation within a this opposition to re federating the federation resulted in the demise of the Meech Lake Accord in 1990 and the defeat of the Charlottetown Accord in a referendum in none the Quebec has made Progress in As former Premier Jean Lesage used to masters in our own at the same time canadians have slowly come around to the idea that there is something unique about Quebec society and that Steps must be taken to pre serve mondays vote in Quebec is largely the result of the fact so canadians Haven been Able to answer How that unique Ness should be the polls say the vote in Quebec could go either but there is Hope that the heavy outpouring of affection for Quebec this weekend will Sway thousands of voters who Are undecided or lukewarm sover eight its in the win the the important thing to re Mem is that after All the cheering and Canada still will be left with the question How far Are canadians prepared to go to accommodate Quebe cers i easy to read format i Complete listings ghoulish plenty of halloween haunts to visit before the big collective Art show Worth two hours yuks and yikes meet in Murphy flick three wishes not too play crosses abortion minefield Blue bombers will be glued to nil Sells Cal Burns Best in Badminton seek cup jets will sell 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