Byline: Fred LeBrun
"Canadians, confronted by a clear political choice," wrote Montreal writer Mordecai Richler more than a year ago, "have an exasperating habit of not saying yes, not saying no, but only saying maybe."
On Monday, our terminally polite neighbors to the north venture cautiously to the polls, facing what seems, to an outsider at least, to be the clearest of political choices: yes or no to a new constitution.
By the rules of the game, all 10 provinces must pass the accord. However, a flurry of polls indicate that the non-binding referendum is in big trouble, especially in Quebec and British Columbia.
On the merits, the new …
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