Political uncertainty is ever so exciting
I have this one major concern about buying a house. The Parti Quebecois. Oh, I don’t think people want to separate now; most of the separatists I know would like a little more time before the issue is revisited.
No, Parizeau & cronies want to make the next election the litmus test for separation. It is essentially a given that the PQ will not get 50%+1 of the votes in an election, whether or not they win. (Must hold back my dull rant about gerrymandering, especially when I am too lazy to back up said dull rant with the actual facts.)
Now I remember the last big separatism issue (the referendum was in late 1995), and I remember how terrible the economy here was right before. Sure, there was a big bounce after. So a referendum itself doesn’t scare me. What does scare me is the idea that they’d just start working on setting up for separation WITHOUT a referendum. And that I’m looking to purchase well before the next election.