Blah, blah, blah....what's this?

[snowywolfowl]

So today is just one of those days at work where you just realize nothing is going to go particularly well. As a result I have to declare this day a complete and total bummer with no chance of anything to smile about.....

...what a minute! What's this? The PQ were defeated in the Quebec election? Quebecers rejected the PQ's ethnically divisive secular charter? Canada is not going to self destruct in the next five years or so? Pauline Marois lost her seat and will step down as the PQ's leader?!?

Oh happy day!

If I wasn't dealing with some torn up knees I'd be dancing in the streets right now. Instead I'm going to dedicate this song from one of my favourite movies to Mrs. Marois:

Mean spirited on my part? Yes! Guilty as charged! In my defence though having lived in a city where riots fueled by ethnic fears actually happened I never liked her take on how to deal with the PQ's "money and the ethnic vote" problem.* It just made the PQ seem small minded, and that's a generous term.

Maybe now Quebec can get back to its constant attempts to get the best deal it can with the federal government, just like the other nine provinces and three territories. :-)


*Former PQ leader and Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau blamed the defeat of the 1995 separation referendum on "money and the ethnic vote". Hopefully this defeat will end this type of ethnically divisive politicking.

Comments

[kathyrene.livejournal.com]

As you hoped on my LJ that she would have a crushing defeat. Like no kidding!!!! Do I hear the sound of rejoicing? Our leadership criteria should never entertain the likes of her ilk.

Having watched the November 15, 1976 election on TV my very first time voting I recall a sense of dread. Two referendums and 38 years of a lot of English folk feeling like 2nd rate citizens - some whose families were founders in this province can now breath a bit easier I think. We are not only a distinct society I think we have become an evolved society. Feels like coming full circle....

Thanks for celebrating with us! Looking forward to celebrating Canada Day this year more than ever.

[snowywolfowl.livejournal.com]

The only thing about this that saddens me is thinking about the two people that were shot at her victory speech during the last election. Totally unnecessary and this here was the proof.

Ballots, not bullets. That's the Canadian way. To choose the other path is heresy.