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January 11, 2006

Troops. In our cities. Also warriors and chieftains.

Senior Liberals turned out last night to hear rookie politician Michael Ignatieff warn that Canada is facing a national unity crisis in which "we need troops, warriors and chieftains" ready for the political battle over Quebec.
"It's over the horizon but it's looming," he told a fundraiser for his campaign at the exclusive National Club in Toronto, adding that the crisis is the "one simple reason" he is running for Parliament as a Liberal in Etobicoke-Lakeshore, returning home after almost three decades in Britain and the U.S.
The message must be gotten across, he said, that "the separatist agenda is irrelevant to the real social and economic needs of the people of Quebec" as well as to Quebecers who are passionate about Canada.
"Young federalist Quebecers exist but they need a champion ... to give them the courage to speak," he said.



Hmmm. And who do you suppose that champion might be?
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