Canadian Politics Thread

it's a great thing that john james will get out of here. his "plan nord" won't make the province much money and the environment will get hit hard but we all know that. and the law 78... lot of good things happening these days, i expect PQ to win and see more of Aussant and Françoise David. great feel, could have used this 10 years ago.

Our Chris Christie-like mayor's niece. We're jealous that Todd Akin and the Republic convention get all the attention.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/08/29/krista-ford-tweet-dont-dress-like-a-whore_n_1841751.html

ah yes. the stupid apple doesn't fall far from the idiot tree...
what's amazing is miss "don't dress like a whore" plays football in her underwear. but i guess she doesn't really have to worry as she's built like a fucking refrigerator.

can't wait for the leftist federalists to spin this pq victory into something monstrous, morphing into fox news pundits all of a sudden on that one issue.

i just love creativity

Which "one issue" are you talking about?

~60% of people voted for federalist parties. The fact that the PQ only has a minority will keep their more extreme proposals off the table. As soon as anglos/ROC realise this, they are going to be ok.

Reposted from "Montreal" thread and not specifically about this election (although I was idly musing about the theoretical possibility of a PLQ-CAQ coalition):

Seriously, in general, I wish people were more open to the possibilities offered within parliamentarianism. It's so unimaginative that the sitting leader of the party with a plurality of seats always becomes PM/premier and I think it actually undermines parliamentary democracy a little.

"that one issue" : the pq, a sovereignist party, is elected. what sort of question is that.

ah pi j'm'en calisse d'écrire en anglais à soir

yeah no other party will vote for extending bill 101 to cegeps

Constitutionally, really, there's no such thing as electing a minority government. We elect parliaments. Parliaments can form themselves into any sort of government.

3xpost Oh, right. I thought you were talking about one particular campaign issue.

wtf just happened (during the speech)?

sound of a bullet, they said

all is well.tout est ok . hm. ils jouent avec mes nerfs. il est mieux de ne pas avoir de bs. certains "dividus" auraient essayé de mettre le feu à la place, en plus? hm. ps fait chier d'être souligné quand j'écris en français, huehuehue

All is not well!

the pm is not dead

more info 2 critically wounded...

there were talks where it was a sound grenade or some dud stuff like that

1 dead

On February 15, 2012 Bill C-19 for eliminating the Gun Registry passed in the House of Commons with support from Stephen Harper's Conservatives. Only the Province of Quebec moved for a motion to prevent the destruction of the records.
Nice going Harper.

50 year old man with an AK, 2 wounded, one of whom has been confirmed dead by the SPVM.

some reports have the man shouting during or after the shooting 'les anglais se reveillent' in an anglophone accent but it's unclear - only showing up in some news stories.

a.k.a. this could get bad?

oy

what are you thinking of alex? popular upheaval against rhodesians?

it was still on when she came back on stage...

We do hear him say "Les Anglais sont réveillent! Les Anglais sont réveillent!" with an accent and bad grammar. Just saw it again now.

u know we will be as wise as the norwegians were when they had to deal with their active shooter shitbird

If this guy's grudge is against the anglophone suppression (I'm assuming, anyway), why shout his protest in French?

the cops have said he's a "quebecer from outside of montreal," wtv that means

http://www.facebook.com/richard.h.bain
according to the JdM

http://www.montrealgazette.com/Suspect+custody+after+killing+victory+party+premier+elect+Pauline+Marois/7192567/story.html

BAIN

hellow world , look at the kind of shit we have to deal with
http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/Corbella+third+Quebec+voters+bigots/7196024/story.html

and it just doesn't stop. but it's ok , right, it's not very impressive so who cares.

oh Alberta.

Her language, and especially the headline, are inflammatory. She also seems naive if she was truly surprised that the PQ could win 32% of the vote in QC. But on what points was she wrong about the PQ platform? (Technically, as I understood it, the proposed ban on religious garb would have applied to headwear and not necklaces so it wasn't explicitly favouring Christians in the way that this piece suggests. An "Om" chain would presumably be acceptable? Still, banning religious symbols on public servants but also wanting to keep the crucifix in the Assembly does suggest a bias.) What is your opinion of these proposals, Sebastien and Thermo? Also, there were multiple opinion pieces saying the same thing in Ontario papers so I don't think there's anything particularly Albertan about that piece.

the 63-year-old premier-designate spoke out of both sides of her mouth

Speaking out of both sides of her mouth, Marois says on the one hand, Quebecers want to make their own decisions

It was just another example of her speaking out of both sides of her mouth.

Just in case she didn't get the point across PAULINE MAROIS SPEAKS OUT OF BOTH SIDES OF HER MOUTH

What a frustrating thing to read. There may not be anything particularly Albertan about it if similar things have appeared in Ontario, I guess what's irritating about it is the hypocrisy. Alberta has loads of people who have given their support to similar potentially regressive conservative policies: Wildrose may not have won as many seats as projected but they still got over 1/3 of the popular vote, even after a couple of their party's wingnuts spoke out. This journalist seems to think Wildrose were 'punished' for these guys' comments but ignores that proportionally, slightly more Albertans supported WR as Quebeckers supported PQ.

The comments on the article are interesting, though. More informative than the article itself.

that should be 'slightly more Albertans supported WR than...'

well that's it. just the weird Alberta hate-on for Quebec bubbling up to the surface in that piece.

and yes, i do think it's an unfair policy that has no place in Canada.

Trudeau's going to run.

http://www.680news.com/news/national/article/405606--justin-trudeau-to-run-for-liberal-leadership-report

so is he too young?

really? i like him but this is a terrible idea

^^ agreed

I still don't know enough about him to gauge the wisdom of this. Do you think it's a terrible idea because he'll lose the nomination, win the nomination but lose the general, or win everything but not be prepared at all to govern?

I'm not a fan of his but I think he's probably the best chance the Liberals have right now.

http://www.680news.com/news/national/article/375444--trudeau-has-most-vote-drawing-power-among-liberal-leadership-hopefuls-poll

Who knows? Maybe he'll even grow on me. If the NDP were to lose me, it would likely be over some of their constitutional ideas ('asymmetrical federalism', reopening the constitution) and their wishy-washiness with stuff like Bill 101. JT does seem to be a strong classic federalist voice and appears to be on the left wing of his party otherwise.