Breakup

Lansing Lamont

Riots in the streets of Montreal. A plunge in the value of Canadian bonds and the Canadian dollar. A terrorist bombing by Cree Indians of a massive Quebec hydroelectric power project. A confrontation between an American oil tanker and a French-supplied Quebec gunboat in the St. Lawrence Seaway. The inexorable pull of the United States, drawing in British Columbia and the Maritime Provinces. Impossible events? Not so, says Lansing Lamont in this convincing depiction of why and how peaceful and decent Canada is likely to break up over the next ten years. As French-speaking Quebec considers independence, the author warns that such a move would be only the first stage in a painful and tragic unraveling of Canada. In vivid and plausible future scenarios, he shows that the political and economic implications are enormous, not just for Canadians but for Americans, who have long taken their...