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Originally Posted by SBR Richard
i disagree with you regarding Dion, and your argument that he's legitimizing the Bloc. Pulling the bloc into the federal government is necessary to include an element of Quebec that i believe has become misguided and slightly hypocritical. Quebec is as necessary to Canada as the the people in the west, and at least they vote not knowing who won.
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Too bad the separatists don't agree with you. They have said this will remove any doubt that the Bloc in Ottawa is not a good thing for Quebec sovereignty; it legitimizes them. They have already came out and said this is the exact purpose they saw for the Bloc when it was created. To create a dysfunctional parliament; a pizza parliament.
Just a few snippets of what they've been saying
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“This victory sweeps aside any hesitation Quebecers might have had on the presence of the Bloc in Ottawa,” Mr. Parizeau said.
“We have to be pragmatic and understand Mr. Dion is there for a mere five months,” Mr. Parizeau
Now he urges Quebecers to get out and vote for the PQ Dec. 8 to “create a team able to defend Quebec’s interests solidly and without compromise.”
“I think we are nibbling away [at the Liberal lead],” one top PQ official said.
Now he's back with a brutally timed piece in a Quebec paper heaping praise on the Dion coalition because it will be a dysfunctional "Italian-style parliament."
"Quebec sovereignty is once again the order of the day," Parizeau whooped.
And the Dion deal will "make separatists smile."
Parizeau predicted in 1991 that the Bloc would create a chaotic "Italian-style parliament" in Ottawa, a place so dysfunctional that it would help lead to the breakup of Canada.
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Dion is a fucking idiot for opening this door up. Harper might have been knocking but make no mistake, Dion is the one who opened this unity door by forming a coalition with the Bloc.
Not one person voted on this coalition. In fact Dion said he would never form one and Layton said the same. Dion will lead his party to a massive defeat like the PC's were dealt in '93. People on their side are dreaming in technicolor if they think aligning with the NDP and Bloc won't boost the Cons numbers They'll grab an extra 8%-10% in an election and that would relegate the Liberals to the basement.
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I DO agree that the opposition should now back down. They will gain nothing with the point dropped from the budget, and this sends a clear message to the ruling minority that we won't be fucked with. No gay marriage issue, no abortion issue, no dictatorship.
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You are delusional if you thought Harper was going to open up gay marriage and abortion debates. Those battles have been fought and are history.