"Constitutions do not emerge perfectly formed from the brain of the philosopher king, as Mr. Trudeau himself discovered in 1980 and 1981. They are always messy processes that are easier to knock down or tear apart than they are to construct."
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Chapter Seven, The Three Questions and the Question of Canada, p. 158
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Bob Rae
Robert Keith "Bob" Rae, PC, OC, OOnt, QC, MP (born August 2, 1948) is a Canadian politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Toronto Centre and sits in the Canadian House of Commons as the Liberal opposition's foreign affairs critic. He currently serves as Canadian Permanent Representative to the United Nations under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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