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The October 27 Canadian Unity Rally in Montreal is also the day I finally get my head screwed on straight.

It isn’t a straw that finally pushes me off the Liberal train wreck but rather a phone call toward the end of my show that day. It’s from a very concerned and angry man aboard a bus on its way to the rally. “You damn Liberals,” he says, “this bloody mess is all your fault.” I’m taken aback. “What do you mean our fault? You can hardly blame the separatist movement in Quebec on Liberals.”

“Oh yes I can and I do,” he responds bitterly. “Look, I’m no political expert or anything like that, just a working stiff trying to stay afloat like just about everybody else these days. All I know is that we keep electing Liberal prime ministers, usually Liberals from Quebec, because they tell us they are the only ones that can keep the country intact, but let’s tell the truth here. All you Liberals have ever done is give more ammunition to the separatists. All you do is stir them up…screw it up…make things worse…cause even more trouble.”

Passionate, well-spoken callers like this, no matter what their stance, are more than welcome on my show so I’m only too happy to let him continue, although what he’s saying is making me feel very uneasy.

“Look at Trudeau.” he says. “He’s the guy that really started all of this when he repatriated the Constitution without Quebec’s support in 1982. And now look what’s happening. Ever since the day he and the Queen signed that damned thing on Parliament Hill the situation has gone from bad to worse. More and more trouble. Downhill all the way. We’ve jumped from only 40 per cent support for separation in the 1980 referendum to probably more than 50 per cent support this time and you damn Liberals have been in charge for most of that time.”

I try to point out that Brian Mulroney, a Progressive Conservative, was in power when the Meech Lake accord failed in 1987, but he isn’t buying any of that.

“All Mulroney was trying to do with Meech Lake and Charlottetown was fix the mess Trudeau made, but now look at the corner your great friend Jean Chrétien has painted us into. And don’t forget this is the guy who told us regular people to butt out. ‘We Liberals will take care of the situation,’ he told us ‘don’t worry, the Liberals are in charge!’ Ya, right. Great job Chrétien. Great job you Liberals!”

I try to offer a half-hearted defence but his signal is beginning to fade. It is his parting shot that readjusts that final screw in my head.

“Ya,” he says. “It was mostly you Liberals who got us into this mess and as usual it’s going to have to be mostly us conservatives to get us out of it.”

He is right of course, and what’s more, I know it!