Despite much prodding from party officials, under half of Reform's 64, 580 members voted and only 1, 119 of them in the five provinces east of Ontario.

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They said their investigation of the thefts covered the provinces of Quebec, New Brunswick and Ontario as well as the northern United States.

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So, if six of the smaller provinces back some scheme, the two giants, Ontario and Quebec home, between them, to two-thirds of all Canadians could not jointly veto it.

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