[Cowperson]

After the failure of the last Quebec referendum, I thought we would be home free but really, in the intervening years the political divisions in this country have grown to such an extent that it will probably mean we fracture along various fault lines at some point.

Its no longer just about Quebec.

Maybe we do end up as a loose confederation but something will eventually give way. People are simply becoming too disenfranchised with the status quo.

We're no longer Canadians, if we ever were in the first place. We're Quebecers, Maritimers, Albertans. . . . . and we all have different ways of perceiving things and thinking about them.

The only Canadians left are Ontarians and they will be the most surprised when it all falls apart.

I'm normally an optimistic person on pretty much everything but I've never been as pessimistic about the future of Canada as I am now.

I just look out into the future and see a rudderless and leaderless wallowing whale of a boat heading for the rocks with those at the top ignoring the undercurrents and singing "Try To Look On The Bright Side Of Life."

My two cents.

Cowperson