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Vittorio's avatar

Great interview, highlighting the dilemma of island life. As an aside, the real reason to make Newfoundland Canadian was geopolitical. After WWII, Britain did not want responsibility for Newfoundland any longer, but for strategic reasons allowing it to be an independent country was unthinkable. The US did not want it, so Canada was given the job of coaxing Newfoundland from its (ungovernable) Dominion status to become part of Canada. It worked, barely.

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Renata Simonelli's avatar

Interesting to read. I will purchase his books. Thank you.

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