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What Lies Ahead

My mother’s battle with Alzheimer’s

A Tribunal Born of Fear and Hope

How a Canadian judge forced Slobodan Milosevic to face his accusers

The Grey Plateau

When the world stopped five years ago

Reed Scowen

Reed Scowen, a member of the LRC’s advisory council, is the author of two books on contemporary Quebec politics. From 1978 to 1984 he and Jacques Parizeau were both members of Quebec’s National Assembly.

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Reed Scowen

Rx for the NDP

A party that aims for moral victories should be retooling for a parliamentary one. September 2004

Harmless Dragons

Peter Newman has produced a highly readable but unserious autobiography. May 2005

Transatlantica

Canada should look east, not south, for important clues to its personality. September 2005

Searching for Clarity

Jacques Parizeau believes sovereignty is still within Quebec’s reach April 2010
Jacques Parizeau, known to everyone in his home province as “Monsieur,” is the world’s leading authority on the Quebec separatist movement. No one alive today possesses an equivalent experience with the theory and practice of the project to get Quebec out of Canada. With a PhD from the London School of Economics, Parizeau is highly…

Diplomatic Games

Quebec’s curious obsession with international recognition. June 2007

Goodbye, Quebec?

A Quebec politician and civil servant reissues a provocative invitation. May 2006