Watch Breaking Point: Canada/Quebec - The 1995 Referendum (2005) Online Free
BREAKING POINT brings viewers back to those tense, critical moments when Canada's future as a country was at stake.
Cast
Lucien Bouchard, Jean Charest, Dorothée Berryman, Henry Champ, Jacques Chirac, Jean Chrétien, Bill Clinton, David Collenette, Larry King, Jean-François Lisée, Jacques Parizeau
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