Movie: Breaking Point: Canada/Quebec - The 1995 Referendum

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Lucien Bouchard
Lucien Bouchard

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Jean Charest
Jean Charest

Jean Charest

Dorothée Berryman
Dorothée Berryman

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    BREAKING POINT brings viewers back to those tense, critical moments when Canada's future as a country was at stake.

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    2005-10-30

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