Diane Talbot

Divided We Stand

Divided We Stand

Fueled by two different visions of Canada, the English and French media failed to convey the true nature of the Meech Lake Accord

“Two nations warring in the bosom of a single state.” That was how Lord Durham perceived the relationship between Upper and Lower Canada in the late 1830s. According to Durham the only way to resolve the tensions between the two Canadas was to unite them. Once French Canadians developed political and economic ties to Upper […]