From sovereignist leaders: Lucien Bouchard, Mario Dumont and Jacques Parizeau ; to federalists inside and outside of Quebec -- Mike Harris, Jean Charest, Sheila Copps, Lucienne Robillard ; from West: Preston Manning, Roy Romanow ; to East: Brian Tobin, Frank McKenna ; From a man who would be prime minister -- Paul Martin ; to the prime minister who led the country to within a percentage point of the unknown -- Jean Chretien, Chantal Hébert and Jean Lapierre ask what were their plans had Quebec put its relationship with Canada on the line and voted yes to sovereignty. Even two decades later, especially in the wake of a decisive sovereignist electoral defeat in 2014, what Hébert and Lapierre reveal might shock. Because in asking an unexpected question, these veteran political observers cleverly expose the fractures, tensions and fears that still shape Canada today.--Modified from book jacket.
Timeline -- 1. The YES camp -- 2. The Quebec NO camp -- 3. The Feds -- 4. The premiers -- 5. The last word -- Afterword: Size matters -- In lieu of an index: Hébert, LaPierre and the cast -- Referendum postcards.
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