Chance exists for compromise

Published January 19, 2005

Rural vs. urban Canada is the real story behind Newfoundland's quarrel. Now that Maple Leaf flags are flying again above provincial offices in St. John's, the Newfoundland-Ottawa spat has gone into remission. As heads cool, so may minds sharpen, thereby improving the prospects for a compromise.

There would be a downside, though, to a solution reached too quickly and too easily. From its start, this...