Umm, no. It wasn’t due to the Bloc. The liberals lost seats in every province. People were surprised when the Bloc gained some seats in Quebec, because the liberals blindly believed that quebecers would keep voting for them. But why should they? They were just as angry as the rest of Canada. It’s just most Quebecers would rather vote for a liberal slanted party, rather than conservatives. Now that the liberals proved inept, it was Bloc or nothing.
Note that reform is now gone, they have become, or taken over, or whatever you want to call it the conservative party. The Bloc however, remains and will almost guarantee going forward minority governments – which is why I said that they were the biggest change in Canadian politics, as the other largest change has now been resolved (although it took ~10 years).
The only thing guaranteeing minority governments is the liberals’ inability to keep their shit together, and the fact that Canadians so far have not been ready to actually hand the country over to the conservatives.
And Hannibal Lecter is a great guy other than the murdering, and so on. They are a separatist party. I don’t care if their economic policies are left of center or if they support gay rights, or whatever, they are for the dissolution of federation. Further, even if one could forget that they are axe murde… I mean separatists the fact remains that they are wholly a regional party and their only concern is what is best for Quebec (and I do not know if I agree with their definition of best, but like I said I don’t follow it too closely). That platform does not sell particularly well to other provinces.
Yes yes, spoken like a typical Canadian ignorant of Quebec or Bloc politics. Oooh, it’s the boogey man! Fear the boogey man! Fact is, seperatism was absolutely dead in Quebec until Harper started pressing buttons in the last election. The Bloc had all but quit mentioning seperatism previously because they realized it only lost them votes. And yes, they are currently a regional party. Apparently you don’t understand hypotheticals.
I don’t know how this cancer will be excised from Canada. Quebec has always thought that it is special and they have whined for generations. Sometimes I think it would be best if they were allowed to go on their way (although that would mean that I would have to move family members) … although I have no idea how such a policy could be enacted or what it would mean.
Ignorant again. After having lived here for four and a half years now, I can tell you that Quebecers were finally ready to become part of canada. Most of them have made peace with the fact that the language is going to fade away (the smart ones anyway), and don’t really harbor much anger anymore. People my age are fine with Canada, and are ready to be a part of it. Or at least, they were, until Harper started treating the whole province like some evil villain in a poorly written movie.
Of course, ignorance from such as yourself doesn’t help either. How can you ever expect someone to be a part of of something when you sit there saying “yeah, you might as well just go”.