tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035801220467246539.post4894954595412544401..comments2023-07-05T09:29:09.647-04:00Comments on Chronicles of a Pure Laine: The end of federalism in Québec?Michel Bolduchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301737603817812981noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035801220467246539.post-32811330247892605522011-09-26T11:54:12.025-04:002011-09-26T11:54:12.025-04:00At the provincial level though, who would they vot...At the provincial level though, who would they vote for ?<br /><br />François Legault would appear the rational choice for Anglo voters discontent enough to switch away from the Liberals (well, he seems to be the choice of discontent for every and anybody just right now...).<br />But he is/was a sovereignist. And even though that's not on his agenda, I'm not ready to bet that it won'Ramanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16533470790770571127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035801220467246539.post-50911637376611387072011-09-24T22:21:07.788-04:002011-09-24T22:21:07.788-04:00Insofar as the Anglo vote is concerned the Charest...Insofar as the Anglo vote is concerned the Charest liberals are probably safe. On the francophone side Francois Legault's new party may capture a lot, and I mean a lot, of this vote. My guess is that the next Quebec election will result in a very fractured legislature split along several fault lines; urban versus rural, anglophone versus francophone, Montreal versus the rest of the provinceMarcManCanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169855786169505035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035801220467246539.post-82386336585719072522011-09-24T17:06:19.979-04:002011-09-24T17:06:19.979-04:00I read a lot of discontent from Anglo-Québécois ov...I read a lot of discontent from Anglo-Québécois over the direction other provinces are taking with Harper. The NDP rallied a lot of people against that direction at the expense of both the Bloc (on the French side) and the Liberals (on the English side). I think there is a change of mindset for many Anglo-Québécois.Michel Bolduchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07301737603817812981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035801220467246539.post-82798005380068420322011-09-24T16:46:21.454-04:002011-09-24T16:46:21.454-04:00If there's anything that can be sais about Que...If there's anything that can be sais about Quebec since the last elections, is that it's moving fast into unprecedented and unexpected directions. So, at this point, only a very skilled wizard could guess what the future holds...<br /><br />What I wonder is if there will be any kind of evolution in the English vote. The Quebec Liberals have always been able to count on a massive (some Ramanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16533470790770571127noreply@blogger.com