1. Pierre Trudeau vs. Jean Chretien
... . (Chrétien 181) Sterling Lyon, Premier of Manitoba said, "If you do that, you're going to tear the country apart."" Trudeau responded with one of the most captivating quotes in Canadian history: If the country is going to be torn apart because we bring back from Britain our own Constitution after 115 years of Confederation, and because we have ... the 1980 referendum, the wording of the question was hotly contested. The YES campaign said the question could not be more direct and to look at the first eight words. The NO side said if the question was meant to be direct, then why were the...
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