November 21, 1988

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COVER/SPECIAL REPORT

The Passion of Two Nations

For an agreement that is causing so much acrimony, the preamble of the free trade accord offers worthy motives: to strengthen “the unique and enduring friendship” between Canada and the United States; to “promote full employment”; and to “contribute to the harmonious development and expansion of world trade.”

By ROBERT LEWIS58 min

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ESSAY

SOMETIMES A GREAT NATION

Free trade’s greatest benefits have already been achieved. In the process of debating what we might have to surrender, Canadians discovered what we already have. This election is one of those rare junctures in Canadian history when we can sense the continuity of an age being cut. By WILL CANADA BELONG TO THE 21ST CENTURY?15 min

LETTERS

I just don’t believe it, another article about John Lennon (“The storm over John Lennon,” Cover, Oct. 17). It seems like every time I approach the magazine section of a store, I see one more picture of Lennon and one more exposé on his torrid lifestyle.