Are the Aboriginal peoples a "distinct society"?  Are Newfies in their fishing communities a "distinct society"?  Are Japanese-Canadians in the West who trace their ancestry back almost a hundred years a "distinct society"?  When does it stop?  Why does Quebec get the special treatment, but not everyone else?  Why not a Constitution riddled with a thousand-and-one vetos for every plausible claim to a "distinct society"?