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The dream of a Scottish-Canadian

09/18/2014 By the editor 1 Comment

By Montreal Simon And so it ended, with wild rallies all over the country. After two long years of preparations and months of feverish debate, Scotland’s amazing referendum campaign is finally over. And as I write these lines, Scots are heading to the polls to decide whether Scotland should become an independent country. The campaign ended with […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Europe, Great Britain, independence, Scotland, separatism, United Kingdom

Why the Scottish referendum is Canada’s, too

09/10/2014 By the editor Leave a Comment

By Montreal Simon It’s been hard trying to explain that what’s going on in Scotland is a bigger story than many progressives in this country can imagine. And that they should rejoice at the last-minute surge of the YES side, because they are fighting for our kind of values, and we can use some of […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Britain, Canada, Conservatives, David Cameron, economics, Europe, European Union, globalization, independence, Quebec, Scotland, separatism, Stephen Harper, United Kingdom

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