Comment 63058

By Undustrial (registered) - website | Posted May 04, 2011 at 11:35:43 in reply to Comment 63049

The rest of Canada is no longer interested in the Quebec issue.

I'd say that the "Quebec issue" has been one of the hottest in this election. Quebec nationalism is still very taboo in the rest of Canada. Fear of a coalition with separatists played a huge role in the Liberal defeat - especially in Harper's rhetoric. Interestingly, the NDP did far less to distance themselves from the bloc, suffered far less in the polls, and managed to rout the Bloc.

I've travelled Canada. And while most people don't want much to do with the Bloc, most aren't big fans of Southern Ontario, either. Both the Conservatives and NDP did very well because they appeal elsewhere in Canada (both with Western roots, etc). The Liberals really only managed it in Newfoundland, and certainly not here.

The underlying message seems to be that people want a party that respects their region, as well as one capable of respecting others as well. It's a shift in viewpoint from the notion that a party which focuses on the west/east/Ont./Quebec/North can't focus on the rest. Now it's essential. Perhaps we're finally becoming less Ontario-centric, or at least starting down that road.

"Today, the notion of progress in a single line without goal or limit seems perhaps the most parochial notion of a very parochial century." — Lewis Mumford

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