Whistling Past the Graveyard

After 1867, for almost a hundred years, Canada was able to leave unresolved certain key constitutional questions. However, many issues were shallowly buried, and were liable to return to haunt the country. They now have. One in particular, the role and place of Quebec, threatens to tear the country apart. Why was this issue avoided for so long, how have we tried to deal with it, and what are we to do now? This book considers these and other questions in the light of Canada's constitutional past and its political present.