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In response to
"Sorry, Quebeckers won't be Canadians before Quebeckers anytime soon"
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Guigue
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That's the problem! If your post had been written by a westerner in the 90's and you replaced "Bloc" with "Reform", you'd have been considered...
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..."A bigoted redneck." (And to be clear, I'm not calling you that and I don't think you are.)
What has been seriously bothering me for over a month is the blatant prejudicial and self-centered attitude coming from the province.
"Quebec will never vote for a non-Quebec leader."
"Jean Charest uses fiscal imbalance transfers to deliver record tax cut."
"Quebec to opt out of national regulator."
I'm not pulling these examples out of thin air.
You write that I'm basically taking the reverse seperatist angle and I'll be honest, I'm certainly nearing that point because I'm not seeing any proof of a "buy in" by Quebec towards Canada. Every other province...yes, people are provincial concerns, but most still see themselves as Canadian as well.
That's not the case in Quebec and I'm seriously starting to wonder at what point does it become fair for the rest of the country to demand that the province step up and actually act like they want to stay in confederation. That menas getting involved with the national parties and governing along with everyone else. That means not always opting out of national social programs. That means "The most federalist Premier in a generation" needs to act like he cares about the country sometimes.
And that means that a non-Quebecker who reaches out and tries to meet Quebeckers halfway should be as worthy as any native son or daughter. Could you imagine the uproar if any other province suggested that a Quebec leader was unworthy? (Oh wait, that already happened once and we remember how that played out...)
Sure referendum support is low right now...That's because there's no need to have one. So long as no one calls the demands out, what's the point of shutting off the spiggot for dollars?
I don't think Quebeckers would like to see a referendum in the rest of the country. The majority might not be as fed up as I am yet, but I don't think the debate would reflect well on the province either.
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