&:
      Yee
      sy
      eae
      8,
      RE
      ae
      htt
      I
      Se
      gh
      ge
      Pn
      gee
      or
      te
      Sir
      ay
      ae
      te
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Constitutional
      Crisis
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Reaction
      to
      letters
      on
      the
      ‘‘
      Constitutional
      Crisis’’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      hesitated
      before
      writting
      this
      letter
      but
      I
      felt
      I
      had
     
    

    
     
      to
      finally
      answer
      the
      question:
      ‘‘
      What
      does
      Quebec
     
     
      want?’’
      Which
      is
      the
      basic
      notion
      under
      that
      whole
     
     
      idea
      of
      acrisis.
      In
      UPEI,
      you
      may
      go
      onif
      you
      want,
     
     
      claiming
      that
      there
      is
      no
      real
      crisis
      going
      on;
      but
      not
     
     
      in
      Quebec
      province
      and
      therefore
      not
      in
      the
      rest
      of
      the
     
     
      country
      which
      will
      inevitably
      be
      influenced
      by
      it.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      It
      did
      not
      start
      ‘‘as
      soos
      as’’
      Meech
      Lake.
      It
      did
      not
     
     
      start
      in
      1980.
      It
      started
      far
      more
      ago
      than
      that:
      1763
     
     
      tells
      yousomething?
      Since
      then,
      no
      matter
      what
     
     
      Quebecers
      will
      do
      (economically,
      culturally,
      techno-
     
     
      logically...),
      they
      will
      always
      be
      the
      ‘‘loosers’’,
      the
     
     
      second
      ones
      besides
      you
      anglo
      winners.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      We
      do
      not
      want
      to
      tear
      Canada
      apart;
      we
      do
      not
      want
     
     
      a
      war
      ora
      fight
      with
      ours
      nieghbours.
     
    

    
     
      We
      want
      to
      re-gain
      that
      pride
      and
      equality
      feeling
     
     
      towards
      you,
      and
      toward
      ourselves.
      We
      want
      to
      look
     
     
      ourselves
      in
      the
      mirror
      and
      be
      able
      to
      say:
     
    

    
     
      **I
      did
      not
      ask
      for
      it.
      They
      did
      not
      give
      it
      to
      me.
      I
      did
     
     
      it
      myself,
      on
      my
      own.
      It’s
      all
      mine.’’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Because
      we
      are
      not
      ‘‘Canadian’’
      under
      the
      same
     
     
      definition
      that
      you,
      because
      we
      no
      more
      (or
      never
     
     
      did?)
      speak
      the
      same
      language,
      because
      we
      do
      not
     
     
      have
      the
      same
      goals;
      we
      can
      only
      thrive
      under
     
     
      Quebecers
      from
      Quebec,
      with
      the
      full
      country
      mean-
     
     
      ing
      of
      it.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      That
      is
      the
      real
      ‘‘crisis’’
      upon
      me
      and,
      as
      wise
      as
      you
     
     
      May
      say
      he
      is,
      Mulroney
      won’t
      find
      as
      answer
      to
      it
     
     
      before
      next
      elections.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Quebecoise
      in
      UPEI
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      COMMENTARY
     
    
   
   
    
     
      THE
      CANADA
      ROUND
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Last
      week
      the
      federal
      minister
      of
      unemployment
      and
     
     
      immigration,
      Bernard
      Valcour
      was
      at
      the
      pit
      to
      talk
      to
     
     
      UPEI
      students
      about
      Canada’s
      new
      constitutional
     
     
      reforms.
      But
      ifa
      stranger
      had
      come
      to
      the
      meeting
     
     
      halfway
      through
      they
      would
      have
      never
      known
      the
     
     
      purpose
      of
      the
      gathering.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Valcour
      spoke
      eloquently
      and
      from
      the
      heart
      on
      the
     
     
      reforms
      and
      the
      future
      of
      Canada.
      He
      spoke
      of
      this
     
     
      of
      being
      the
      Canada
      Round,
      not
      the
      Quebec
      Round.
     
     
      While
      Valcour
      realises
      how
      a
      firm
      contitution
      is
     
     
      necessary
      as
      a
      base
      for
      the
      country
      if
      it
      wants
      to
      serve
     
     
      the
      everyday
      needs
      ofall
      Canadians
      but
      the
      students
     
     
      at
      this
      university
      don’t
      seem
      to
      care
      about
      that.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      When
      question
      and
      answer
      time
      came,
      UPEI
      students
     
     
      hounded
      the
      minister
      on
      the
      closing
      of
      the
      Canada
     
     
      Emplymnet
      Centre
      on
      campus.
      I
      consider
      this
     
     
      narrowminded
      and
      bordering
      on
      selfish.
      I
      realize
      the
     
     
      employment
      centre
      is
      important
      to
      hundreds
      of
      stu-
     
     
      dents
      but
      I
      don’t
      consider
      this
      meeting
      the
      time
      or
      the
     
     
      place
      forit.
      The
      rights
      guaranteed
      to
      all
      Canadians
     
     
      and
      the
      staying
      together
      of
      ourcountry
      should
      be
      the
     
     
      first
      concerns
      of
      everyone.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      When
      you
      don’t
      know
      where
      your
      next
      paycheck
      is
     
     
      coming
      from,
      you
      don’t
      have
      enough
      money
      forthe
     
     
      next
      semesters
      tuition
      and
      you
      are
      down
      to
      your
      last
     
     
      package
      of
      kraft
      dinner,
      I
      know
      worrying
      about
      the
     
     
      constitution
      is
      the
      last
      thing
      on
      your
      mind.
      But
     
     
      considering
      it
      is
      the
      country
      supplying
      us
      with
      wel-
     
     
      fare,
      medicare,
      and
      unemployment
      insurance,
      maybe
     
     
      it’s
      worth
      the
      time
      to
      worry.
      Bob
      Rae’s
      social
      charter
     
     
      could
      sound
      good
      now.
      Ifanyone
      from
      UPEI
      cares
     
     
      what
      that
      is.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Colleen
      Easter
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      October
      3,
      1991
     
    
   
   
    
     
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