Free Quebec?

[dbartucci]

There has been two referendums, one in 1980 and another in 1995, after a failed attempt at amending the constitution.

It was the ethnic vote that cost the separtists the 95 referendum.

1995 question:
"Do you agree that Quebec should become sovereign after having made a formal offer to Canada for a new economic and political partnership within the scope of the bill respecting the future of Quebec and of the agreement signed on June 12, 1995, Yes or No?"

RESULTS


NO - 50.58% - 2 362 648 votes

YES - 49.42% - 2 308 360 votes

Participation rate - 93.52% - 4 757 509 votes




Seems to me that everytime the Bloc gets a lot of seats in an election they infer quebecois want to seperate, but it appears to me that they win those seats because they offer to look after the interests of Quebec only, every other party tries to have broad appeal, some more successfully than others, but the Bloc only has members in that province. Who wouldn't support a party that is primarily, if not solely, concerned with issues of local importance?


Many pundits have compared Quebec to a spoiled teenager that threatens to run away from home when things don't go it's way, I can't say I disagree.

 

[Carl.]

It was the ethnic vote that cost the separtists the 95 referendum.

He was apparently dead drunk when he made that very "smart" statement.

Seems to me that everytime the Bloc gets a lot of seats in an election they infer quebecois want to seperate, but it appears to me that they win those seats because they offer to look after the interests of Quebec only, every other party tries to have broad appeal, some more successfully than others, but the Bloc only has members in that province. Who wouldn't support a party that is primarily, if not solely, concerned with issues of local importance?

Many pundits have compared Quebec to a spoiled teenager that threatens to run away from home when things don't go it's way, I can't say I disagree.

Well, I think the two major parties are greatly responsible for the block's popularity in Quebec. We're fed up with the liberals corruption, and we just don't want to hear about mr. Christian right and his Bush fanboys... Having an half-decent government at Ottawa would greatly help to put the Bloc Québécois and the separatist movement to rest, but I'm not sure if we'll ever witness that in our lifetime.

Many of us see the block as a pointless party, but it just becomes a very good way to protest once the other candidates are screwed up like they currently are.

 

[dbartucci]

There is no amount of incompetence or mismanagement that will unseat the Liberals in the forseeable future. You could have an entire cabinet of carolyn parrishs and they'd still win landslides in most of Ontario.

 

[ledhed]

When you look at the economic and other problems that would be cause by seperating you have to wonder at the sanity of those that vote for the refferendum . Its a case of "be carefull what you wish for" . One day the protest is going to win and they will be seperate and living in the new state of insanity .