This is a preview of a Canadian TL which won't start until at least the Xmas season. Just give me your initial thoughts and interest. POD will not be revealed until later on.
The End of the Beginning
"Jacques, telephone", screamed Alice Parizeau. "It sounds urgent." As the Minister of Finance picked up the receiver, he heard the gravelly voice of Justice Minister Marc-Andre Bedard...
"So close, so close. Maybe if we'd spent more time in the Valley..."
- Journal of Lise Payette, Nov 10, 1982
"Immediately following, M. Trudeau was interested to hear the reaction of the Minister of Education, one of the "barons" of the PQ. The Prime Minister was anxious to meet the Premier at the earliest possible moment."
"We had to join forces, otherwise Claude Morin and Burns would've been down our throats. I've never liked either one, and that's mutual."
- Mes Espoirs pour Quebec, Camille Laurin, 1990, translated by Graham Fraser