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Question For Canadians: Jeffery Simpson has been saying that Quebec's repeated voting for the Bloc, despite low sovereignty approval, means they...

Posted by Name Withheld By Request (aka BlueKopo) Oct 21 '08, 07:56

....Are sending a message to the rest of Canada that they no longer see themselves as part of Canada as a federation, working together and such, but rather they see Canada as an entity to simply continue to extract money and benefits from.

"By voting Bloc for six consecutive elections, the largest number of francophones in Quebec turned their backs on Canada, while not expecting that the rest of Canada would ever turn its back on Quebec . . . "

My question: In your opinion, does the repeated disengaging of the majority of Quebec from the actual governance of the country represent a threat to national unity even if sovereignty itself is waining?

"But they are also representing a view of Canada wherein the country exists but doesn't exist. It is there. It provides money and security. But it really is of little concern to us, or at least something to which we are not attached." (www.theglobeandmail.com)

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I know a lot of people who vote Bloc, for a lot of them the reflection doesn't go that far... -- nm - Guigue Oct 21, 08:04 10
- Do you get the sense of what their thinking is? I gotta say, especially as a westerner, Simpson's take makes a lot of sense. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 21, 08:07 9
  - I can't say for sure... I get the feeling a lot of people have been voting for the Bloc for so many years they don't even think about it anymore - Guigue Oct 21, 08:15 3
    - Even during the Liberal majorities, most Quebecois voted Bloc. Especially francophones. - Name Withheld By Request Oct 21, 08:24 2
      - Actually their % of votes was one of the lowest ever in 2008 -- nm - Guigue Oct 21, 08:26 1
        
        Yes, but their number of votes is still the highest in the province and overall was higher than 2000 and only 6K less than 1997. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 21, 08:38
  - I've always gotten the sense that a large part of it is "a pox on both your houses" kind of vote. -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 08:09 4
    - That just goes back to Simpson's point though...If Quebecois are refusing to engage in the governace of the country, at what point does the rest of... - Name Withheld By Request Oct 21, 08:14 3
      - Honestly, if I'm complaining about a swing away from Federalism, I point fingers at Harper too. - Reagen Oct 21, 08:25
      - Justin Trudeau! - Guigue Oct 21, 08:19 1
        
        It's being viewed as very-much a one-way street however, and I believe that Quebecois would be prudent to recoginize that fact. - Name Withheld By Request Oct 21, 08:29
they want it all (I just hope if they ever do separate Canada plays super hardball with them) - Beaker Oct 21, 08:00
i don't really see them as a threat to national unity, but, selfish, absolutely. - Andie Oct 21, 07:57

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