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What if the voters of Quebec said 'Yes' to separation - and no one cared?

In the post-referendum period, Prime Minister Jennifer Clark rallies her country to move forward without Quebec while Quebec Premier Robert Benoit struggles as he tries to move his new country in a new direction. Unfortunately for Benoit and Quebecers, twenty plus years of telling themselves that everything will rosy outside of Canada is being shown as a oft-repeated myth. As Quebec degrades into a sorry state, American corporate raiders are trying to pick off one of their main industries and First Nations people from the north are showing that Quebec is, indeed, divisible.

In the Rest of Canada, Quebec separation is seen as a fresh start and Clark is determined to make the best of it.

Country Out of Crisis ends with an unexpected turn of events that might just be a prediction of things to come.
Ever wonder why and how Canada came into existence? Ever wonder why our levels of government are structured the way they are?  Do you understand what effects the BNA Act, the Canada Act and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms have on you?  Ever wonder why there always seem to be a state of confrontation between our three levels of government?  Ever wonder how to cure the confrontational attitude between governments?  Want to know how to ELIMINATE the $830 billion national DEBT in 30 years WITHOUT raising taxes or cutting a single program?

The Provinces Must Go answers these and many more questions.

The book then goes on to address Aboriginal status, bilingualism, student loans, healthcare, the judiciary, a revamped Senate, abolishment of political parties and many more topical issues.
In 1919, a shipwreck on the shores of western Newfoundland spawned a mystery that would take almost 85 years to unravel. Of all the wrecks around Newfoundland, why is the SS Ethie so widely remembered in stories, plays, songs and websites? Why did the Ethie become so familiar a shipwreck in Newfoundland, if not all of Canada? Part of the answer to these questions was a legend that there was a Newfoundland Dog involved in the saving of the 92 crew and passengers of the ship. The legend, over the years, has grown over speculation about the existence or non-existence of the dog.

After nearly five years of research that carried him from one coast of North America to the other, from Newfoundland to Alaska, author Bruce Ricketts finally reveals the truth behind the legend and chronicles the final voyage of the SS Ethie, its demise on the rocks of Martin's Point and the circumstances that led to him to a roadhouse in Wrangell Island, Alaska.

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