Pauline Marois is fast making good on her threats to place further limits on English in stating that she will introduce legislation beefing up Bill 101 and barring English cegep for Allophones and Francophones as her first order of business.Likely she is counting on a Liberal party in disarray to pass her most contentious legislation and unless the Liberals hop to it, she just might get her way.
It is imperative that the Liberal choose a new leader immediately, that is with one or two months to be able to meet the Peekists in the house, united and willing and able to bring down the government over this specific issue.
In spite of the election loss the Liberal party escaped practically intact, except for their leader Jean Charest, who was actually a liability, the one person directly responsible for his governments fall from grace.
A new leader would probably wipe the floor with Madame Marois and could even steal power by offering a coalition with the CAQ whereby several cabinet seats would be given to the CAQ in a Liberal led coalition.
Let's be honest, how far apart is the CAQ and the Liberals, platform wise?
This would allow both the Liberal and the CAQ to slowly rebuild, while keeping the PQ in the opposition benches.
Think it impossible?
Pauline is huffing and puffing as if she owns a majority government and that might just be her downfall.
Perhaps she should recall the fate of Joe Clark who as the Prime Minister of a minority Conservative government acted as a he held a majority and was booted from office in nine short months, never to return.
As for a leader, there's not much talent within the Liberal Party itself, most of the veterans are too boring and lack leadership and have poor English skills.
Perhaps the only exception is Pierre Paradis, Jean Charest's sworn enemy in caucus.
Paradis and Charest haven't talked since Charest iced him out of cabinet and Paradis went into a self-imposed exile within the caucus, saying nothing and contributing nothing but silence.
It's too bad because Paradis, a capable bilingual federalist would have been an excellent addition to Charest's team, but it was not to be, over a personal feud.
It is possible that time has run out on him, but he is the most capable of all leadership candidates within the party, an excellent and fiery orator who emanates gravitas.
Once as Minster, he ordered inspectors into the homes of welfare recipients to see if they were rightfully qualified, so that tells what type of fellow he is.
If the Liberal Party goes outside to fetch a Denis Coderre they wouldn't do badly. If they lured Justin Trudeau into the fold, he'd be Premier within a year.
Whatever it is, something needs to happen, otherwise Pauline will run roughshod over our rights.
This isn't a time for licking Liberal wounds, it is a time for action and I sure hope the party is up for it.
In a poll released by Le Devoir, half the respondants hoped for a new election soon and 31% wanted a Liberlal/CAQ coalition.
All this is predicated on the Liberals choosing a new leader...and fast.
I'm afraid if things are allowed to fester and Marois starts passing her anti/anti/anti legislation the semi-social peace we have enjoyed for the forty years of PQ/Liberal rivalry will disappear.
We've already witnessed what happens when a determined minority like the students decide to perturb society and we've also seen how feeble the state is in combating widespread social unrest.
I firmly believe that the next attack on Anglo rights will trigger a social reaction not unlike the student tuition protest.
Quebec sovereigntists are fond of reminding everyone that they are surrounded by 300 million anglophones, perhaps they themselves should pay heed to that fact.
Starting a war with Quebec Anglos will have repercussions beyond Quebec's borders and when it comes to choosing sides, on whose side do you think those 300 million will stand?
If Quebec's Anglos, Ethnics and religiously observant decide to organize a North American boycott of Quebec, even the tiniest of compliance will be devastating.
If you are a separatist reading this and thinking that it is a great big hollow threat, consider this one item.
It takes 23 votes out of 30 on the NHL board of Govenors to approve a NHL team for Quebec City.
In other words seven NO votes and say goodbye to the Nordiques.
Who is on the NHL board of governors?
Not one Francophone.
But four Jews, two Greeks, One Italian two religious Christians and a bunch of wildly conservative Republicans.
And of course the leader of the rat pack is none other Gary Bettman, a New York Jew.
If you think that these people will vote with their wallet think again, there are twelve billionaires in the group and nine Canadians from outside Quebec.
It takes only seven NO votes and the Quebec Remparts will be the only team playing in what will become Quebec's version of the Montreal's white elephant, the Olympic stadium.
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I don't think the NHL governors would be comfortable placing a franchise in a province run by a government seeking to break away from Canada, where English is humiliated, Ethnics abused and religion values trounced.
Need I remind readers that Jim Basillie was blackballed for less?
Maybe the governors need to be reminded of all this, and so readers, are you ready to start writing letters?
Not yet, I'm holding out for a bit before declaring war on Marois, but if she goes ahead with her anti-English/Allo campaign all bets are off. That is a promise.
Let the above stand as a warning that we are not going to take any more language, religious and xenophobia without a fight.
And to separatists who tell us that Quebec is a welcoming society to immigrants, why is it that immigrants in Quebec are unemployed at a rate twice that of the regular workforce, the worst record of any Canadian province.
Read a sad commentary by Lysiane Gagnon on why Quebec bosses refuse to hire immigrants Link{Fr}
Oh yes, Madame Separatis, Quebec is really welcoming!
This is the road Pauline wants to take us down even further, where division, hate and xenophobia are the driving forces.
Poutine and Maple Syrup for all!
Almost 70% of Quebecers voted against Marois and her rabble.
These 70% should understand that Pauline is bringing us closer and closer to a language war, a war that Marois actually wants in order to create chaos and thus momentum for sovereignty.
Unfortunately, if it's war that she wants, she will get it, too many Anglos have decided to stay and fight.
In the end Quebec will be destroyed or partitioned, that is why she must be stopped now.
As Anglos/Allos find themselves without any representation, where in fact all four parties all believe we Anglos/Allos are a threat to Quebec society, there are not many avenues left to our disposal.
We can run or we can fight, the political game is over.
To paraphrase Glen Close raging at Michael Douglas in Fatal Attraction, "We will not be ignored!"
If Pauline Marois wants to make life miserable for us we will return the favour, that's is my warning and promise to her.
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