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HERALD OUTLOOK April UN 17 US ponders hooking up with Maritimes Continued from Page get some reaction down here he said My reaction isrQiat the state ment was made purely for political reasons Buchanan was putting out a worstcase scenario to make Maritimers aware that joining the United States is an option that may be considered the Meech Lake accord is not ratified and Quebec secedes he said This is really three or four steps ahead of anything substantive Perhaps the question is this if Buchanans worstcase scenario becomes reality would the United States even want to ac cept a region that is troubled by high unemployment crippled fisheries and is heavily dependent on federal financial support Absolutely the answer is yes says Bums Bourassa Meech Lake Continued from Page receiving on the home front One poll indicates that while 38 per cent of Quebecers have confidence in Mr to lead the province to sovereignty association a surprising 35 per cent have the same confidence in Mr Bourassa LITTLE WONDER The premier officially a federalist has not weakened this confidence by talking so much about what might happen should the Meech accord fall Remember his remarks in Europe about the possible emergence of a new political superstructure and his talk of a Canadian common market much like Europes He has also announced the for mation of a committee to study Quebecs options in the event of Meechs failure Meanwhile he has been doing I would imagine there would be no opposition to the acceptance of those territories he said Were not talking about the Dominican Republic or Haiti here Were talking about people of our own stock the noble fisherman fanners and so on It would be a very attractive proposition despite the economic problems Because the average Canadian knows times more about the United States than we know about Canada Americans have developed an uncomplicated af fectlon towards Canada that would predispose them into accep ting Canadian provinces he said Despite the musings about pro vinces joining the republic though Birns said Buchanans comments shouldnt be taken too seriously by Canadians or Americans I think its all rhetorical overkill may hope accord fails absolutely nothing to break the present impasse And one gets the impression that Mr feels far more comfortable now in declaring its Meech or nothing He says it with the assurance of so meone who knows he has the full support of his people One also gets the impression from everything being said in Quebec that support for the premier will rise if the accord goes down the drain He would clearly have a free hand to feud with Ot tawa and the other provinces over any constitutional power sharing That would be the moment says La when the state of Quebec must avoid taking a turn that is too radical illconsidered or overblown through rancor or foolishness by conviction or op portunism Yes the last three years have seen a lot of changes in Quebec CROSSWORD alSSit MUaat MtaiHt TaLfca M lkM M SET I Ml oil ODBC ODD DC ODD EEC DDE EDO CODEC DO odd odd edo DDE DDE DEED DEE DEE DEC MIlMMflfor la Ha nP ma n M nm ItM T rlpjnr a r W mlm McNeil left Carolyn Crooks centre and dinner theatre show will be presented May and Shannon Marshall rehearse a scene from The Globe May at the BalUnafad Hall Tickets are For Theatres production of Just Go To The Movies The DID YOU KNOW The Halton Hills Herald is distributed to over 14J homes in Georgetown Acton and surrounding areas When it comes to Halton Hills weve got it covered Our weekly service checks ensure that your newspaper Is delivered properly and on time THE HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 HOURS Monday to Friday 830500 M 8772201 8778822 if