A dispatch from the front lines of the new French revolution

Farewell to Quebec

<p>Finally—courtesy of Maestro Fresh Wes—a rap track properly addressed for a speech in the House of Commons.</p>
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<p>Maestro <a href="http://blogs.ottawacitizen.com/2012/09/17/maestro-fresh-wes-on-hip-hop-his-new-music-and-black-trudeau/" target="_blank">explained</a> the track to the Citizen last September. His <a href="http://torontoist.com/2013/06/sound-advice-orchestrated-noise-by-maestro-fresh-wes/" target="_blank">new album</a> was released on Tuesday.</p>


<p>Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau at a Constitutional Conference Sep. 11, 1980 in Ottawa. The Canadian Press Images/Paul Chiasson</p>


Black Trudeau

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