Thirty years after the 1995 referendum, the two solitudes are closer together, and farther apart

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Thirty years after the 1995 referendum, the two solitudes are closer together, and farther apart

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Pop quiz: What is Canada’s second largest city?
Montreal, of course. According to Statistics Canada, the city and its suburbs hold just over 4.6 million people. That’s as big as 1½ Greater Vancouvers, or 2½ Calgarys.

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