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Free At Last: Quebec 2007

by Ronald Coleman

166 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #03-2112; ISBN 1-4120-1735-1; US$21.50, C$25.00, EUR18.00, £12.50

In 2007 Canada ceases to exist. Quebec seperates and becomes an independent state. The rest of Canada joins the US under generous terms. Believe it!

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About the Book The author takes you on a journey of political intrigue whereby Quebec achieves its independence in the year 2007. It is a convincing tale of political vengeance, intrigue, misunderstandings, foreign intervention, international muckracking, boundless egos, unbridled ambition, revenge, and political folly. A country admired by most for its tolerance and pragmatism is destroyed by internal strife and turmoil caused by unattended divisions and progressing socialism. A concerned and antagonistic neighbour acting on the doctrine of preserving democracy uses subversion and covert operations in order to undermine authority and order. Internally, a series of first minister's meetings and a constitutional conference fail creating an authority vacuum and generalized anxiety. Concurrently, the United States, the UK, and France interfere to prevent potential solutions from saving the country. The ultimate result is not at all what Quebecer's envisioned. It is however, an ending that many Canadians would come to accept as inevitable. As an alternative the author proposes two alternate endings resultant from the exercise of tolerance, good will, reasonable solutions to long standing problems, and a change in outlook from internal conflict and age old grievances to a future that engages in globilization and positive perspectives. The book is a realistic but harsh look at Canadian politics, told in a humerous satirical style, that reveals what can happen when a country fails to confront its history and relies on illusions and favoritism in order to quell discent. It is chilling to think of how easy it would really be for Canada to disintegrate.

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About the Author Ron Coleman spent 36 years in the RCAF and the CAF, primarily as a pilot on fighters and trainers. He completed an exchange tour with the USAF during the Viet Nam war and later a tour with the United Nations on the Golan Heights. During his service, he earned a BComm from the Canadian Forces Military College and completed Command and Staff College, and rose to the rank of Colonel before retiring. He has an extensive background in Aviation Safety and spent 10 years as an investigator and manager with the Canadian Transportation Safety Board. He represented Canada in many international accident investigations. The author is bilingual and currently works as an aviation safety consultant. He and his wife, Linda, live near Rideau Ferry, Ontario, Canada, and they have two sons. He is an avid outdoorsman and is training for his black belt in Karate. He is a member of the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame.

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Sample Excerpts or Table of Contents

"Democracy is messy," said the latest U.S. defense secretary when trying to explain the difficulties of setting up a democratic regime in Iraq after conquest. Donald Rumsfeld was right. That is why Pierre Trudeau abandoned it way back in his first government. After all, democracy is nothing more than controlled revolution. Dictatorship is easier--and even reasonable if benevolent. However, history shows that malevolent dictatorship is the norm.

With American embassies being shut down or under siege in many hostile countries and terrist bombings an everday event, Americans were fleeing back to U.S. soil. Who could blame them? Despite the administration's claims, America was not winning the war on terror.

The Alberta Premier couldn't understand why Canada wasn't participating in the missile defence system. He chastised the Prime Minister for the stupid stance on no space-bases weapons. They were already there, although passive. And if there were already active offensive weapons in space, how the hell would we know?

The attendees broke for a buffet lunch comprised of oyster, shrimp, lobster, pickerel, trout, turbot, flounder and crab. The media quipped that the final two items described the potential for this conference and the disposition of the attendees respectively.

As for the economy, the Alberta premier went on, "it is well understood that the fastest-growing economy in Canada is the underground one. High taxes, high spending and high interest rates have combined to drive people to barter and exchange goods and services in the attempt to increase their disposable income and avoid the despicable GST.

Officially, it was called "destabilization." Origionally used against Iraq, it had been the rationale for ridding the country of saddam Hussein's regime. It had been so successful that the U.S. began a similar program in Iran.

All of the measures that embodied operation CANUSA went into play. within a few short months Canada was reeling like George Chuvalo under the persistent onslaught of Mohammed Ali.

But to the President Canada was also economically a colony, militarily a protectorate, culturally a clone, politically unprincipled, geographically an island attached at the 49th parallel, and resourcefully a storehouse.

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