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Preston Manning

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My suspicion was that Manning knew he could never become prime minister of Canada because of Quebec and, consequently, that he wouldn't have been terribly sorry to see it leave the federation.
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Jean Chrétien, My Years As Prime Minister, p. 132

 
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