For the second time in just over 20 months, Stephen Harper has almost singly-handed drowned Jean Charest. Only due to Charest's own popularity, and the strong political machine that is the Quebec Liberal party, has the former Progressive Conservative leader overcome Harper's habit of soiling his Quebec bed -- the previous time when Charest squeaked through with a minority.
You don't think Mario Dumont also wishes he'd never flirted with the Conservatives' constipated leader?
On the other hand, separatists in both Quebec and Alberta have a true friend in Harper. Forget that, when in opposition, he was pretty geared up to consumate a union that would have brought down the Martin government. Ignore that the foundation of the Bloc Quebecois was born out of the singed ruins of federal conservativism, which at the same time fueled the bitterness of Alberta-based separatists, who many went on to join the Reform party. Encouraging mob rule against the tyranny of democracy -- afterall, who's essentially protesting the Oct. 14th decision of Canadian voters but Harper? -- is only enabling those who want to break up this great country.
Well done, Tory toads.
3 comments:
Well, the only good thing out of all of this is that Harper has completely lost Quebec as a supporter for any of his agendas, budgets, etc. He will never gain any seats in any upcoming federal election & will most likely lose most, if not, all of the ones the Cons now have.
That would be my assessment too. But over the years watching Quebec's returns I've given up predicting or trying to understand exactly what the voters of La Belle province will do. Remember, they gave Bernier a huge win in October, when all signs should have pointed to a rebuke of some kind.
Bernier is extremely well-liked by his constituents. That has a lot to do with his father, Gilles who represented this riding from 1984 - 1997 as a PC first & then as an Independent. I don't think Bernier is particularly popular in other areas of Quebec. He is basically riding on his fathers coattails. But who knows how much longer that would last, in time.
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