I'm calling on all liberals to stop being boxed into a corner and suck it up and vote against this motion, we know in our hearts that this motion is completely wrong for Canada. This motion is a huge can of worms Mr. Harper has opened up. Just read the motion it says the Nation of Quebecois within a United Canada. What this essentially says is that Francophones in Quebec consitute a nation. That's right Francophones only, not the Anglophones, this is a very bad move and it is wrong, I think that the motion will lead to a huge slippery slope.
What this will do is lead to what exactly Gordon Campbell just talked about a few days ago with Native Canadians demanding a nation. I would think in truth that Quebec is not a nation rather I believe that Northern Canada is more of a nation then Quebec. Let's see not only are the people there indigenous to this land, they are in my opinion more of a country then Quebec is. This is a very difficult and tough issue. I hope the liberals will do the smart thing and vote aginst this motion because it is one of the stickiest situations with words going all over the place. This is a jumbled language lesson and despite the fact it might cost us electoral points we should be smart and oppose it completely. This motion is extremely divisive and it is way too important to just throw it away with one vote.
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"This motion is a huge can of worms Mr. Harper has opened up. Just read the motion it says the Nation of Quebecois within a United Canada. What this essentially says is that Francophones in Quebec consitute a nation. That's right Francophones only, not the Anglophones, this is a very bad move and it is wrong, I think that the motion will lead to a huge slippery slope."
You're absolutely correct! Great post!
They said the same thing about the motion to recognize Quebec as a distinct society a decade ago.
It was untrue then and it is untrue now.
As for opposing the motion that is just silly.
If the Liberals oppose the motion or vote down the resolution in Montreal they are dead in Quebec for at least two elections.
That means they are on the opposition benches until the middle of the next decade, at least.
If the Liberals are going to win the next election it will be in Central Canada. They have no hope of a breakthrough in the west as long as the leader of their principle opponent is from Calgary and as long as they maintain their socially liberal policies. If the Liberals are lucky they will hang on to what they have in the west and if they are really lucky they will gain a handful of seats, but not enough to make up for the seats they will be pissing away in Quebec if they oppose the motion.
If you had not noticed Stephen Harper has made his intentions known that he wants to enter into constitutional negotiations to limit federal spending powers. However, if you believe he will stop there once he has the Premiers around the table you are dreaming. He will propose the virtual dismantling of the federal government and the Premiers will be only too happy to assist him.
The only way to stop that is for the Liberals to win the next election and they need Quebec to do it.
So they have a choice. Oppose the nation motion and nation resolution based on conjecture and specualtion of what are its implications or allow Stephen Harper to open up the constitution and trust him not to give away the whole shooting match.
Since I am inclined not to trust Stephen Harper on that score I choose the nation motion and the nation resolution.
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