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Posted by northamericancitizen in Canada
Wed Mar 07th 2007, 10:06 PM
( Since I am posting in the canadian forum I take it from granted that my sometimes unprecised english will be understood and absolved.)


Coming back to the phone call, the volunteer for the ADQ party
wanted to know my intentions about the up coming elections and if I was following the campaign on the news.

My first answer was: I care more about the American politics cause it affects almost the whole planet.

I did admit following the actual provincial campaign from a more distant point of view.

I am one of the undecided.

Like many Nationalists (different than Separatists or Indepedantists) I like Mario Dumont strong position about defending our National territory and values. On the other hand, Dumont comes across as a right wing leader and this is the opposite of my core values.

Charest: I despise everything he stands for and everything he pretends to stand for. He is sleeping with Harper.

Please forgive my vulgarity : Jean Charest is sucking up Steven's dick to get more money so he can stay in power and pretend to care about the French Canadian nation.

When it comes to the Parti Québequois: Strategically Boisclair is an avant-gardist: an open homosexual who admitted taking coke while being a minister under the Lucien Bouchard government.

But if you put aside those 2 facts, he represents the establishment almost as much as Jean Charest.

A journalist said today (on Radio-Canada): people feel like they have to chose between 3 clowns... What's the difference? They are still clowns, rehearshing the same stuff: the Independantists promising Nirvana and the Federalists announcing the end of the world if we don't vote for them.

The only party the left agrees on is :Québec Solidaire.

It has 2 heads (male and female), their official platform is : feminist, social-democrat, green and souverainist.

Most Quebec citizens fed up with the 2 official parties (Liberal and PQ)are leaning toward Quebec Solidaire.

Which bring them (and me) in the position of voting for a 3rd party with no chance of being in power. How will my 3rd-party-vote influence the outcome? Should I care?

At this point of time I don't know.

I am only sure of one thing: Kick the hell out of Charest. I believe his prime ambition is to become prime minister of Canada. There is a joke in our province about it: Charest is more popular in Calgary than he is in Montmagny (a small rural precint).

From day one Charest acted out as an arrogant anti-syndicalist thug. He knows how to attack his main opponent: Fear, fear and more fear.

Why doesn't he have the guts to defend Federalism if he believes its the only path for an always evolving Quebec Nation.

The only thing he has to offers is to scare the Quebec people: .....

I don't have the patience to list the lits of problems we would face if the Parti Quebequois was elected.

Anyway, since I am addressing this post to anglophone canadians, I am sure you all know more than me about the abyss we would all be facing.


Correct me if I am wrong: the Parti Québequois served many years has the government. In general they acted has a good and responsible government. They brought forth 2 referendums. Lost twice. But they still went on on acting as a responsible government.

You see the problem is insidious. If and when the Separatist party get elected, it gets so busy managing the public finances that there is no time left to reach the heart of the people for building up a force toward a real National recognition.

(Sorry guys, my last paragraph is all askew...) maybe its the beer or maybe its; excuse my english... who knows.


Anyhow, tonight I wanted to share my views in the actual campaign going on in my part of the world.

I am and always be first une Québequoise.

I lived 5 years in Vancouver, my daughter was borned there. I shared my life with a Prairies guy for 10 years, sent my son to an english school..etc. which proves my openness to the ROC.

My family is French Canadian. We are all bilingual.

I am deeply attached to my People. I am a Nationalist but not a Separatist. Does it makes sense to you?

lise
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