Staying Canadian: The Struggle Against Udi [Hardcover]

Keith Henderson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1997

In October ’95, under the control of the Quebec Liberal Party, the NO campaign avoided all mention of the key arguments against secession. Liberals never talked about the unconstitutional nature of the PQ's proposals, avoided all mention of why 50% + 1 in a Quebec-only referendum is no basis on which to break up the country, and never once said that if Canada is divisible, so is Quebec. Staying Canadian documents the long journey provincial Equality Party leader Keith Henderson undertook in 1993 to help get the Quebec nationalist threat to Canada’s territorial integrity before the Supreme Court and onto the national agenda.

Editorial Reviews

Review

...deals with the struggle of the Equality Party...in fighting separatism and a threatened unilateral declaration of independence by Quebec. -- The Suburban

A talented journalist as well as a politician, Henderson...is to be commended for assembling [these articles] into one collection. -- Canadian Book Review Annual

About the Author

Keith Henderson was born in Montreal. Educated at McGill, Concordia, and the University of Toronto, he teaches English at Vanier College in Montreal.

He was elected leader of Quebec's Equality Party in 1993. He was an intervener in the historic 1998 Supreme Court of Canada decision of unilateral declarations of independence. Story writer, novelist, Henderson has been Quebec Affairs columnist for the Financial Post and is the author of the novel The Restoration

Product Details

• Hardcover: 258 pages
• Publisher: Dc Books (December 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0919688330
• ISBN-13: 978-0919688339
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

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