Taking a break from talking about Tracey Weiler and Tim Hudak putting full day kindergarten at risk for Kitchener-Waterloo families by talking about some other kind of families: the family trees of Quebec political parties. Those who know me know I’m a big Quebecophile, so I thought I would make
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Trashy's World: And the beat goes on…
Following up on yesterday’s post… The SNC Lavalin choice for their new CEO ignites Quebec language debate…. The board of Quebec corporate titan SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. interviewed – and passed over – at least two francophone contenders for the company’s top job before deciding to hire American Robert Card as
Continue readingTrashy's World: Sigh.
As much as I love elections, I cannot help but be annoyed when it comes time to hold one in la belle province… cuz language laws always shove their way to the forefront. Leader of the péquistes, Pauline Marois: The PQ leader expressed concerns that the English language was becoming
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Quebec votes 2012: Separatist Option Nationale’s disingenuous appeal to Anglophones
This might come as a surprise to most Anglophones in Canada and Quebec. But it’s true. Option Nationale, a party unconditionally committed to separating Quebec from Canada, invites Anglophones to help shape the “future” of the province. To help the province “reach its full potential”. The party’s leader, Jean-Martin Aussant,
Continue readingBlunt Objects: PQ in Trouble Again While NDP Rides High
CROP has a new poll out in Quebec which is showing the horse race in la belle province is once again a three-way, with the Parti québécois feeling the brunt of a 6-point drop from their last poll: CROP (Québec – April 23, 2012) Parti libéral: 30% (=) – 53
Continue readingPolygonic: The case for an NPD-Q
A year, now, since Québec first crested the Big Orange Wave, and still, the NDP continue to thrive. It prompts a brand-new big idea: isn’t it time to build a provincial New Democratic Party in Québec? Will six be enough for the thirsty masses? There used to be one, though
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Dear Premier Jean Charest,
Here are some words of advice. You may be making the biggest career mistake of your life by ignoring the hundreds of thousands of protesting students in your Canadian province of Quebec. From what I have read, you are currently the most unpopular provincial leader in Canada, and your Liberal party
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Death of the CAQ, Return of the PQ?
That was certainly quick. A couple of months after François Legault’s Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) swallowed up the old Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ), and ended up with eight experienced members of l’Assemblée Nationale, the party has spent the last four polls from three different companies in third place, behind
Continue readingLeftist Jab: Harper-Fueled Parti Québécois In Majority Territory
Ideas that won’t die: are you ready for a third referendum? Stephen Harper is Pauline Marois’s greatest political ally. How else do you explain the Parti Québécois’s rise from political grave? After the Quebec amphitheatre debacle, the caucus departures and the old leaders chiming calling for Pauline Marois to quit,
Continue readingBlunt Objects: What do Quebec and the GOP Primary Have in Common?
There seems to be a new frontrunner every week. Well, maybe that’s not exactly what’s happening in Quebec, and no longer now with the GOP primary as conservative voters line up behind Rick “Don’t Go To College Kids” Santorum, but the situation is eerily similar. Like Newt Gingrich or Rick
Continue readingBlunt Objects: End of the Sovereigntist Option?
Yessir I do believe it is, especially if certain allegations are proven true: Former BQ MP Michel Guimond contends that someone close to the Bloc leaked the information. “It has to be someone close to the party,” Mr. Guimond told Montreal radio station FM 98.5. “It is someone who wants
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Two Polls, Two Minorities
Two polls have come to my attention which show that the situation federally and possibly in Quebec is further deteriorating towards minority governments and three-way races. First, in Quebec, the latest Leger Marketing poll shows that Francois Legault’s CAQ has dropped from the high 30’s to 33%, with the Parti
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Quebec a la post-2011 and Equipe Autonomiste
Here at Blunt Objects we seek to provide lovely graphics wherever possible, such as now. Here’s what I’ve culminated so far for Quebec’s rapidly changing political environment (which now includes yet ANOTHER party, which I’ll get to in a bit here). Here’s where the parties stand at right now: You
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Four MNAs Become Caquistes; New By-Election for 2012
I love that title – “caquiste.” It works, doesn’t it? So four independent MNAs have joined François Legault’s Coaltion and have become its first sitting deputies before the merger deal with the ADQ is finalized. The four MNAs are former pequistes Daniel Ratthé and Benoît Charette, and former adequistes Éric
Continue readingBlunt Objects: How to Project Quebec?
I’m coming across a bit of a quandry when attempting to project the province of Quebec’s seats that takes into account a proper, regional balance of the Coalition Avenir du Quebec’s new-found success. My original model followed a basic average of the amount of voter drift between the older parties
Continue readingTrying To Understand Politics In Quebec These Days–Part 1–Is Sovereignty Really Dead? The Potential Resurrection of Gilles Duceppe
I had heard nothing from the federalist media, particularly from those from the right who say nothing but sovereignty is dead in la belle province. The evidence they have? Well, some polls, which I do take with a grain of salt–the usual suspects–Leger Marketing. Sadly, that is all most Quebecers
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Last Week on As Quebec Turns….
The political drama in the province of Quebec these days is probably some of the most complicated in the world, involving prickly voters with nationalist sentiments who are tired of nationalist vs. federalist arguments and will seemingly vote for any party that offers something new, whether left or right of
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Quebec and Israel’s changing political narrative
When there is a single issue which dominates the politics of a jurisdiction for decades, it is often the case that progress on other issues is inhibited by the myopic focus on the one dominating issue. Such is the case in both Quebec and Israel dominated by the separatist issue
Continue readingFrancois Legault Finally Announces Official Launch of His New Provincial Party–Coalition pour l’Avenir du Quebec Tomorrow
Well, boys ‘n’ girls, it looks like this is the moment many have been waiting for; the moment where Francois Legault’s fictitious party becomes a reality. He is to announce this tomorrow. It should be interesting to see how those…
Continue readingUpcoming By-Election In Bonaventure is Something Quebec Voters Should Be Watching And Why I am Rooting for The Liberal Candidate
The by-election in the Gaspesie riding of Bonaventure will be held on December 5–less than a month from now. It’s a by-election, much like last year’s by-election in Kamouraska-Temiscouata, will be one to watch. The task at hand is…
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