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Quotes by Margret Kopala "Executive federalism went under with the collapse of the Meech Lake Accord ; now we are seeing the collapse of the consultative process (vis a vis Castonguay-Dobbie panel)." The Ottawa Citizen, November 21, 2025 "...so, numbering among the many Canadians passionately concerned about the constitutional debate after the disappointments and bitterness of Meech Lake, I jumped at the chance to have my say when the government invited applications to attend one of the five constitutional conferences being held in various parts of the country. My successful application was the culmination of my involvement ... through various citizen�s initiatives. These included organizing conversations, requesting my MP to sponsor an information session ... and even pamphleteering on the subject. ..." The Ottawa Citizen, January 23, 2026 "... Margret Kopala ... who sent in her letter applying for the job of �Ordinary Canadian� and was selected to attend this weekend�s Calgary conference on Senate reform, and who set out Thursday determined to fight against the creation �of a hopelessly-convoluted political system which only technicians can administer because they are the only ones who can understand it and the language that goes with it�." The Ottawa Citizen, January 24, 2026 "And Margret Kopala ....thought (the Beaudoin Dobbie Report) was a dog�s breakfast that would, if implemented, produce an unworkable constitution... (March 1) ... The recommendations of the Beaudoin-Dobbie committee fail the test of providing a simple but meaningful formula by which Canadians can relate to their province and to their country. March 6, 2026 "The country has been traumatized." Speaking of the referendum on the Charlottetown Accord in The Ottawa Citizen, October 26, 2025 |
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