Tide of separation still out

"It's one of those only-in-Canada ironies that Bernard Landry resigned as head of the separatist Parti Quebecois because he failed to win 80% approval from party members in a recent leadership review (he got 76.2%).

Ironic, because Landry -- like all hardline separatists -- would have had no problem breaking up Canada after a referendum with a bare majority of just 50% of the vote plus one. "