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From: gdvsmit@watrose.UUCP (Riel Smit)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: The Commonwealth
Message-ID: <8091@watrose.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 17-Jul-86 17:07:16 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 17 17:07:16 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 18-Jul-86 03:20:48 EDT
Reply-To: gdvsmit@watrose.UUCP (Riel Smit)
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Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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I am interested to hear other people's opininions on the Commonwealth.
Do you think it has any merit as an organization, and if so what?  Does
Canada gain anything from belonging to the Commonwealth?

The reason I am asking is because of all the talk about the Commonwealth
breaking up over sanctions etc. against South Africa.  Suppose Mrs. Thatcher
does not budge and it's bye-bye Commonwealth (not that that would necessary
be the result of Mrs. Thatcher's actions), what then?  Does it matter?