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Northern Exposure? The Politics of Canadian Provincial Admission into the United States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 September 2006

David L. Leal  and
Dan Lipinski
David L. Leal
Affiliation:
University of Texas at Austin
Dan Lipinski
Affiliation:
U.S. House of Representatives
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In A Nation Too Good to Lose, former Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark worried that the future of Canada was by no means guaranteed: “I am surprised by the number of thoughtful Canadians, particularly outside Québec, who assume that Canada will stay together in the future simply because it has stayed together in the past” (1994, 50). He noted that, “There is no rule that says every country should succeed, and none that requires failed countries to stay together. Divorce is acceptable in international relations. So no one argues that Canada should stay together just because it is here” (125).

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SYMPOSIUM—THE POLITICS OF CANADA
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 39 , Issue 4 , October 2006 , pp. 843 - 847
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© 2006 The American Political Science Association

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