Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the south across an unfortified border. Canada's paramount political problem is meeting public demands for quality improvements in health care and education services after a decade of budget cuts. The issue of reconciling Quebec's francophone heritage with the majority anglophone Canadian population has moved to the back burner in recent years; support for separatism abated after the Quebec government's referendum on independence failed to pass in October of 1995.
May 8th 2008North America » Canada » Quebec » Montréal » Saint Laurent Tom: Overlooking Montreal there is a large 3 "peaked" hill called Mount Royal, which the clever people in wiki-land inform us gave the city it's name. So having been promised a postcard view we headed ... 5 photos[full story]
May 6th 2008North America » Canada » Quebec » Montréal » Saint Laurent Tim: Fully rested, washed and recovered from the beer last night we set out to discover some of what Montreal has to offer. Montreal has a lovely old town which could put you in the middle of a small ... 4 photos[full story]
December 17th 2007North America » Canada » Quebec » Montréal » Saint Laurent It is 3:37 am on Monday December 17th, and just made it home from Mtl about half and hour ago. My train was delayed 4 hrs due to the nasty winter storm that hit the northeast today. Mtl had complete ... [full story]
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