“We are not building a new country. The Newfoundlanders and the Acadians have been here almost four centuries. The First Nations have been here almost forever. But we may be creating a new kind of country, where equality does not mean sameness but means respecting differences; and where freedom is intertwined with sharing.”

— Romeo LeBlanc

Source: Canada Day speech, Parliament Hill, 1 July 1998.

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