Dead
      Letter
      Office.
      .
      .
      Problems
      &
      questions,
      etc.
     
     
      Page
      3.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Natienal
      News.
      .
      .
      The
      changing
      scope
      of
      divorce
      in
      Canada
      /
      The
     
    
   
   
    
     
      world’s
      population
      hits
      six
      billion.
      Page
      ).
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Campus
      News...
      Qur
      news
      editor
      investigates
      UPEI’s
      new
      masters
     
     
      of
      science
      programs.
      Page
      6.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Cinephile.
      .
      .
      Reviews
      of
      The
      Thomas
      Crown
      Affair,
      and
     
     
      Random
      Hearts.
      Page
      7.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Arts
      Prefile..
      .Ryan0’
      Connor
      interviews
      John
      Allan
      Cameran.
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Page
      8-9.
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
       
     
     
        
     
     
          
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Reviews...
      John
      Allan
      uh.
      Pavement,
      etc
      cae
      ‘
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Page
      9.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Fila.
      ‘
      +
      Hitchcock's
      s
      “Vertigo.”
      ‘
     
     
      .
      Page
      10.
      :
      as
      es
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ML
      Chice
      Latine..
      ‘
      icy
      Martin,
      and
      his
      i
      ia
      Ke
     
    
   
   
    
     
      aS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Spertes
      +
      «the
      UPEI
      hockey
      team
      begins
      another
      season
      |
      Wayne
     
     
      ‘Gretzky.
     
     
      Page
      12-15.
      .
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Vaults...
      Tales
      Fort
      Gaia’
      Past.
     
     
      Page
      18-19.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Best
      ef
      the
      1990's...
      by
      Stephan
      Macleod.
     
     
      Tage
      20
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Pelitics.
      .
      .
      by
      Jim
      Beaur-
      -Lieyeah.
     
     
      Page
      21
      289%
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Fact
      &
      Opinien...
      The
      crocodile,etc.
     
     
      Page
      2h.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Editorial
      05:
      The
      People’s
      Republic
      of
      British
      Columbia
     
    

    
     
      Matthew
      Good
      and
      |
      are
      on
      the
      phone.
      We
      are
      talking
      about
      him
     
     
      sponsoring
      the
      youth
      soccer
      in
      Coquitlam,
      a
      suburb
      of
      Vancouver
      where
     
     
      both
      he
      and
      |
      grew
      up.
      He
      is
      in
      Sault
      St.
      Marie
      with
      phones
      ringing
      all
     
     
      around
      him,
      |
      am
      here
      in
      the
      Cadre
      offices
      in
      silence.
      The
      idea
      of
      unity
      of
      a
     
     
      unified
      country
      existing
      through
      the
      scope
      of
      this
      vast
      land
      is
      now
      the
      topic
     
     
      of
      conservation.
      Two
      boys
      from
      Vancouver,
      one
      in
      Ontario
      and
      one
      in
      PEI
     
     
      and
      we
      both
      agree
      on
      one
      thing;
      we
      are
      both
      British
      Columbians
      first;
      even
     
     
      more
      so,
      we
      are
      Coquitlamites.
      We,
      and
      indeed,
      much
      of
      our
      generation,
      at
     
     
      least
      on
      the
      west
      coast
      are
      regional
      patriots,
      unwilling,
      or
      uninterested
      in
     
     
      developing
      more
      than
      a
      passing
      interest
      in
      our
      national
      struggle
      for
      identity.
     
    

    
     
      The
      Maritimes
      needs
      a
      unified
      country
      more
      so
      than
      any
      other
     
     
      region.
      And
      so,
      when
      |
      talk
      to
      people
      here
      about
      Canada
      they
      speak
      of
      a
     
     
      rustic,
      almost
      pastoral
      belief
      in
      the
      unchanging
      idea
      of
      unity,
      of
      confedera-
     
     
      tion.
      Perhaps
      no
      where
      as
      much
      as
      in
      Charlottetown,
      where
      this
      country
     
     
      was
      born.
     
    

    
     
      Matthew
      Good
      has
      seen
      this
      country
      from
      coast
      to
      coast,
      and
      so
     
     
      have
      |.
      He
      has
      arrived
      with
      entourages
      and
      technicians
      and
      a
      trumpet
     
     
      played
      by
      the
      media;
      |
      have
      been
      to
      these
      same
      places
      absent
      of
      any
      plan
      or
     
     
      companion.
      Our
      very
      different
      journeys
      aside,
      and
      keeping
      our
      common
     
    
   
   
    
     
      :
      aa
      frame
      of
      reference
      in
      mind,
      we
      have
      both
      arrived
      at
      the
      same
      conclusion.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      That
      the
      country
      of
      Canada
      is
      less
      a
      home
      than
      a
      neighbour.
      As
      Good
      said,
     
     
      “...there
      is
      the
      ocean,
      the
      mountains
      and
      that’s
      it.”
     
    

    
     
      B.C.
      does
      not
      live
      on
      the
      same
      transfer
      payment
      stipend
      that
      the
     
     
      Maritimes
      does.
      Instead
      B.C.
      has
      a
      western,
      but
      no
      less
      “Canadian”
      view
     
     
      on
      the
      unity
      debate.
      Where
      the
      Maritimes
      argues
      out
      of
      necessity
      (and
      out
     
     
      of
      ano
      doubt
      genuine
      desire
      for
      unity)
      for
      togetherness,
      B.C.
      argues
      for
     
     
      nothing,
      except
      a
      continuation
      of
      the
      Robson
      St.
      prosperity
      that
      has
      been
     
     
      visited
      upon
      the
      province
      since
      the
      World's
      Exposition
      of
      1986.
      But
      things
     
     
      are
      certainly
      not
      all
      rosy
      on
      the
      west
      coast.
     
    

    
     
      A
      political
      sham/embarrassment
      is
      becoming
      the
      norm;
      whereby
      each
     
     
      premier
      is
      tossed
      out.
      It
      has,
      sadly,
      become
      the
      provincial
      standard.
      The
     
     
      increased
      power
      of
      labour
      unions
      has
      continued
      to
      force
      businesses
      to
      split
     
     
      for
      greener
      pastures,
      like
      Alberta.
      (It
      is
      a
      sad
      statement
      when
      Alberta
      is
      a
     
     
      greener
      pasture.)
      But
      in
      all
      the
      climate,
      and
      the
      conditions,
      make
      B.C.
      the
     
     
      most
      logical
      province
      to
      separate.Not
      that
      |
      am
      suggesting
      it
      should.
      |
      am
     
     
      merely
      stating
      that
      in
      a
      country
      this
      wide,
      and
      this
      diverse,
      “unity”
      is
      either
     
     
      a
      practical
      impossibility,
      or
      at
      least,
     
     
      a
      marriage
      of
      convenience.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Sometimes
      all
      you
      can
      do
      in
      this
      dark
      life
      is
      cringe.
     
     
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