More than 70 per cent of Quebecers were opposed to an unnecessary election.
Needless to say, that did not stop the arrogant Jean Charest from calling one regardless. So now, the 70 per cent of Quebecers who opposed this election have a
choice: either reward this contempt with a majority government or vote en masse against him.
Specifically, the anglophone communities can send a clear message. In the past, Liberal candidates would come to anglophones and yell: "Boo! Referendum!" and watch amused as anglo voters would run in panic to the nearest poll and mindlessly vote Liberal. Once elected, these candidates would contemptuously lift their nose over those very same voters as they went quietly along whatever language measures their party would care to impose in order to get nationalist francophone votes.
So rather than threaten the "price the Liberals will have to pay at the next election,” whyy not go and actually do it. There are now three parties to choose from and sovereignty is certainly not a threat this election.
Remember, we get the government we deserve.
There was quite a bit of controversy recently over Dick Pound's comments about our natives. He was asked a question about another people group, and said in comparison, they were much farther ahead than our native "savages." Of course that might offend some Canadians, but let's be realistic, and look at the facts.
Four hundred years ago, around 1608, many European countries had books, respectable vehicular travel, nice buildings, brick or stone roads, and other conveniences which the North American Indians did not have. It would be an interesting comparison of the many civilizations (China, India, Africa, etc.) and what they had in the way of culture, science, astronomy, psychology, and compare that with our "savages."
I don't think Dick Pound meant any harm or put-down. As I remember, many of us over 50 years of age referred to the natives as "savages." Read the history books, newspapers and magazines of the last few hundred years, and you'll see that the word "savage" was often used.
Why get all up tight over the use of this description today? Are we so civilized today, so modern, so politically correct, that we cannot say things as they were?
