A dispatch from the front lines of the new French revolution

Farewell to Quebec

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<p>The Peace Tower is framed in an archway on the East Block of Parliament Buildings on Parliament Hil in Ottawa, Thursday September 10, 2009. Opposition MPs, and even some Conservatives, agree Canada&#8217;s parliamentary committee system is broken.They just don&#8217;t agree on what&#8217;s gone wrong or who&#8217;s to blame. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld</p>


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