This is CBSI on the world. I'm John Batchel. I welcome Conrad Black, my colleague, distinguished

biographer, and writing his column at the National Post about Canada. Canada in the news. Canada's new

Prime Minister, Mr. Carney, is headed to Europe for EU and NATO summits after being an excellent

host at the G7 and the Canadian Rockies,

the beautiful Canadian Rockies that I've never seen in person. But boy, they look good on TV.

However, what's important here is that after the contretemps of the recent election and after the

unhappy end of the Trudeau nine-year premiership. It is good to see Canada enjoying its spotlight

again. And Mr. Carney, after having campaigned as a green advocate, is looking to balance out

some of his remarks in the past with a commitment to Canadian

growth. All that said, in your most recent column, Conrad, good evening to you, you write a

sentence that I celebrated as soon as I read it. Canada is the only transcontinental, bicultural,

parliamentary confederation in the history of the world, and of all large

countries, our political institutions are senior to any except those of the United States and the

United Kingdom. Accurate, accurate, accurate. So it occurred to me, who could complain about

Canada? You have it good. Who complains? Good evening to you.

Good evening to you, John. Well, I think most Canadians think it is a good country. They're not

down on the country as such. But, you know, it's not as highly centralized a country as the United States.

The provinces have more authority than your states do.

And because of Quebec status as a French-speaking place with a co-equal official status with the English-speaking people,

there's always this temptation that they have had the French community. official status with the English-speaking people.

There's always this temptation that they have had, the French Canadians, of setting up their own country.

Now, Canada's been a good deal for them, and 56, I think, of the last 77 years, a Quebec person has been leading the government of Canada.

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