Politics. But the boring Canadian kind.
It’s election season in Canada, too. It was called just recently for June 28 and I’m already sick of the campaign. Anyone with a brain knows that a vote for the Bloc Quebecois isn’t necessarily a vote for separation, despite the BQ being a separatist party. The leader of this separatist party is, in fact, a separatist, whatever Paul Martin thinks. If you write separatist too many times in a row, it looks like it’s spelled wrong. Separatist. Separatist.
Me? I’m voting NDP. Stephen Harper is, well, Stephen Harper, and they’re way too conservative for me, I can’t in good conscience vote for the Bloc (though I tend to agree with their non-separatist politics), and I refuse to vote for the Liberals. Plus, Jack Layton promises to make two more national holidays, one in February and one in August (June outside of Quebec, which already has a holiday in June). February really needs a holiday.
Also the new funding gives about 40 cents for each vote a party receives.
Here’s hoping for a fast and quiet campaign and a Liberal minority government that makes a coalition with the NDP.
May 25th, 2004 at 4:27 pm
I’m with you. I love Gilles. Every time I hear this guy talk or see him somewhere I’m always super impressed. Plus, I usually agree with how the Bloc votes. However, there’s that whole pesky thing about being pro-Quebec. Very unfortunate.
So yeah, it’ll probably be an NDP vote for me.
May 25th, 2004 at 10:43 pm
Loving Gilles? Well, no. Actually I don’t much think of him. I did love his response to Martin.
I’m pro-Quebec! I’m just pro-Quebec-as-a-province-I-live-in-in-the-country-of-Canada.
Go NDP votes. Go extra vacation. (I can be petty in my political decision making.)