Tense & Aspect

[Peter &/or Graham]

Miguel said:

>In Spanish America, the periphrastic perfect has been abandoned in favour of
>the preterit.

Interesting - it seems the opposite of what we see in the sprach-bund of
France, South Germany, Northern Italy, where the preterit is being abandoned
in favour of the periphrastic perfect.

What does North American Spanish do, and what does Canadian French do?

Peter