Commentary
As the only surviving first minister who helped craft the patriation agreement of 1981 that authorized the Constitution Act of 1982, here’s my response to two commentaries that The Epoch Times recently ran on the Canadian constitution: “William Gairdner: The Charter at 40: How Canada Got Re-Colonized,” and “Bruce Pardy: After Two Days to Flatten the Bouncy Castle, Canada Needs a New Constitution.”
There is a little too much theory in these two commentaries, methinks.
One says that we have been re-colonized, the other says bring on a new constitution. But we’re no longer just a new colony, taking a few days to craft a new constitution.
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