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   "M.I. Wakefield"  wrote in message   
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   > "anarchore"  wrote in message   
   > news:919e347d-87a8-4b8e-82dc-2f61f0674722@o18g2000prh.googlegroups.com...   
   >>I don't remember having heard this line until quite recently.   
   >>   
   >> Now it is inserted into Canada's media (CTV, CBC,etc) reports at every   
   >> opportunity.   
   >>   
   >> They tell us that Canada came of age via bloodletting during WWI.   
   >   
   > No, I've heard that for a while.   
   >   
   > And there is some truth to it, Canada demanded, and got, it's own seat at   
   the 1919 Paris   
   > Peace Conference, instead of just being included in the British delegation,   
   based in part on   
   > the sacrifices and performance of Canadian troops in the field.   
   >   
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