Prax, if that's really the case, then why on Earth:
1) Does the Bloc even exist with a separation mandate?
Because it makes them sound tough in the political arena because they can boast their ability and threat to seperate if they don't get what they want.... unfortunatly it will never work unless they get the people to support this decesion. Which means it'd still have to be democratically decided, not forced. And if it wasn't allowed and this country wasn't a "free country" as they say, then they wouldn't exist in the first place.
And wern't you the one who brought up the western block or something along those lines? Just like that other small Quebec party that got royally screwed in this past election they had..... how do you propose to win out over other rivalling parties without some kind of wild card in your pocket?
Because eventually one party that represents just one province or region will have competition for that spot. What better way to ensure your long lasting ability to remain a political party for a small area of the country then by making it appear that you have more power of the others and that you can give that power to the people if they so choose.
Right now they choose not to. But keep making them out to be the bad guys and chances are you might see them start to consider their options..... again.
Right now everybody, including Quebec, is concerned with the economic crap going on..... all three parties have common interests in resolving something the Conservatives have avoided for so long now, and who have done nothing to prevent so many jobs from being lost.
Maybe they would be lost anyways, but doing nothing is a great way of making sure it happens.
2) Do so many in Quebec vote for this separation party?
As someone else said earlier, it depends on your perspective....... in the west, people seem to focus more on the seperation aspect as being an evil thing.... while here in the East/Atlantic, generally people understand it as just a method of flexing one's muscle (Just that sometimes it can be a bit annoying)
And honestly, you'd think the majority of people in the East would be more fearful of Quebec seperating, since it'd seperate us from the rest of you..... but most arn't worried, because most know it'll probably never happen in our current lifetime.
You guys need to chill and stop worrying all the time.
3) Does the rest of Canada shell out $$$ like drunken sailors to continually rent Quebecs loyalty?
Every province gets money from the rest of the country from time to time.... just because they're french, doesn't make it any different. How about Ontario's Auto sector? Didn't they just get help with some $$$?
And the Atlantic Fishery needs help from time to time, and I bet eventually, the oil sands will need a little help..... everybody does..... just because some areas of the country go about getting it differently, doesn't make them any less or more evil then the next.
I don't doubt what you're saying, but just looking for clarification. I'm most interested in the answer
to question #3, but the first two questions (I'm assuming) will tie into that answer...
Naw, it seems like I had somewhat different answers for each.
Your unwillingness to accept the reality does not alter the reality
Canadians prefer compromise to coalition: Poll
Support for Tories up amid House crisis, CBC-EKOS poll suggests
"Twenty-eight per cent said they wanted a Liberal-NDP coalition"
28%???? That isn't even equal all those that voted for the three stooges in the last election.
Did I already not just respond with:
..... Then again, much of the reports I have heard in the news about public opinion on the Coalition and were opposed to the idea, also had no idea about how our paticular democracy opperates and assumed it was similar to the US's style of democracy, which it certainly isn't, no matter how much Harper would like to try and make it so.
And when you have so many people ill-informed on how our democracy works, and we have a prime minister who flat-out lies to the public and telling them it's an illegal back-door power grab..... then there's a real big problem.
The links you provided were both from December 4th, 2008.
The Coalition hit the news December 1st, 2008..
Liberals, NDP, Bloc sign deal on proposed coalition
^ Very shortly together and right around the time Harper was spreading his lies about how our democracy works..... which later on many news reports and studies also found that many of these people who oppose the concept of a coalition, simply were never informed of the actual process our government operates under. People have become so used to one method of the government's operation, that they completely forgot about this other process of our government.
Which is why I believe that with this extra time for people to let things sink in (If they allow it in the first place) those polls will be much more different.
In fact, here's an interesting read that I may start into another subject/thread after I am done here:
Do Canadians actually prefer minority rule?
Do Canadians actually prefer minority rule? | rabble.ca
It's an interesting read on the concept of how Canadians seem to not like democracy.
So if I disagree with "the majority" - I'm an enemy? I just thought I had a different opinion.
Same here.
This was what I was referring to about the US mentality.... if you don't agree with the majority, then you're a traitor, unpatriotic and the enemy.
And I thought I'd never see the day that mentality hit our nation.... I guess I was wrong.
