Demonstrators show their support for the Meech Lake Accord as premiers leave the conference centre after a day of constitutional talks in Ottawa on June 6, 1990. CP Picture Archive/Fred Chartrand
Commentary
Canadian unity has never been so challenged. Alberta will hold a non-binding independence referendum this October, which could lead to a formal independence referendum soon afterward. Nearly one in three people in Saskatchewan are considering separation, according to an Ipsos poll. And Quebec may be poised to elect the Parti Québécois this fall with the understanding that the party would hold another independence referendum.
