A dispatch from the front lines of the new French revolution

Farewell to Quebec

<p>The Travers Debates were held recently at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. It was a fundraiser for the R. James Travers Foreign Corresponding Fellowship named after Toronto Star columnist Jim Travers, who died in 2011.</p>
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				Tory Senator Nancy Ruth.
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				Liberal Leader Bob Rae with his briefcase from his articling days. He could not help make the joke: &#8220;I am an old bag.&#8221;
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				Liberal Leader Bob Rae and columnist Chantal Hébert.
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				Picture of Jim Travers.
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				Former Auditor General Sheila Fraser.
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				NDP House Leader Nathan Cullen.
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				Former Auditor General Sheila Fraser.
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				Green Party Leader Elizabeth May.
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				Tory Senator Hugh Segal.
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The Travers Debates

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