prime s minister”

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_of his Quebec City speech. ‘It |
is signed: by a ‘correspond-__
“ence secretary whose signa-
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’ slightly wavy line ending in a
triangle. It’s an interesting

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‘rather terminal. She says she
hopes: the PM’s speech. will
answer my questions. co

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really doesn’t so I guess I'll
have to try. again. no

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"Dear Ms. Triangle: .

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City speech which says that - Europeans have centuries of

the-system is basically sound
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and immutabie? Surely, in a_
democracy, we should regard
fundamental change’ as_be-

ing, on the contrary, inevit-
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Furthermore, if. we look to §;
Europe, where our system
was born, we find that all the

governments - have under-

gone fundamental change in
the past 110 years. Why are
we afraid? ms, oo

T suggest that the explana- _
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cultural. experience — which
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