A Continuing Problem Roiling Canadian Politics for the Past Several

question 62

Multiple Choice

A continuing problem roiling Canadian politics for the past several decades has been

• A)whether to always give support to United States foreign policy.
• B)the demand by many French-speaking Canadians that the province of Quebec become independent of the rest of Canada.
• C)the desire by many Canadians that Canada become a republic and several all ties with the British monarchy.
• D)whether to nationalize Canada's sizeable oil and gas reserves.
• E)whether to change from a parliamentary system of government and adopt instead the US presidential model.

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