New life in old Quebec doctrine

Graham Fraser NATIONAL AFFAIRS WRITER
December 30, 2005

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"My view is that the provinces' role is to be provinces — and stay home," says Paul Heinbecker

Graham Fraser, NATIONAL AFFAIRS WRITER

OTTAWA-The very phrases "Quebec diplomacy" or "Quebec foreign policy" make most Canadian foreign-policy practitioners twitch.

Yet, 2005 was the year that Quebec's role on the international stage - and the 40-year-old theory that underpins it - made a comeback.

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