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Just a quick note on the Rest of Canada and the referendum: I thought it sad and revealing that the most appropriate analogy I could find for the late outpouring of affection, the assertions, the rallies from outside Quebec was the save the Jets movement in Manitoba. A vast and enduring silence, followed by a spasmodic and largely platitudinous declaration, in the most general terms, of affection and connection. What effect this outpouring had would be difficult to measure; but its relation to the almost utter absence of any comment before the last few days is telling. And I'm afraid that in a week or two, when the Rest of Canada has taken a few breaths of relief, we will revert to the pre-referendum condition of truculent inertia. Or am I beimng too cynical, or missing something?