The Sunday afternoon flight from Toronto to Houston is just about to pull away from the gate when Donovan Bailey hurries aboard. He avoids eye contact with other passengers and keeps his sunglasses on until he slips into a seat in Row A. It is a typical celebrity ploy— by sitting up front and arriving after everyone else is seated, Bailey hopes to prevent the flight from turning into a threehour autograph session.By JAMES DEACON9 min
THE POLICY: With the exception of the separatist Bloc Québécois, the major parties have policies that would alter the balance of responsibilities between Ottawa and the provinces. The Liberals would recognize Quebec as a distinct society—and allow regions to veto constitutional changes that affect them.By Mary Janigan7 min
Although she has decidedly firm views on the issues, Ruth Litowski remains, in the dry parlance of pollsters, officially undecided. So when Burlington Liberal MP Paddy Torsney appeared at her doorstep last week, Litowski confronted her with a litany of concerns.By MARY JANIGAN7 min
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