Mario Dumont autonomously taking in the sites and sounds of Spain

Dumont: "So. What's the secret of your success, Catalonia people?"

Catalonian official: "Ah, ancient Chinese secret!"

ADQ leader Mario Dumont visited Catalonia to "observe" how autonomy works for this region in Spain. Here's an article in Euro-Canada.info regarding the Quebec fascination with Catalonia.

Taking in the sites and sounds of Spain is always swell I suppose. Barcelona is world class. World class.

Good for him. But I hope he realized something quickly. Notably, that Spain ain't Canada. On the surface there are similarities but Spanish political culture is different from Canada's.

Alas, these are tiny irritants and details to be ignored by Quebec nationalists. God bless a free Quebec - with a Canadian passport.

Above all, Quebec has more autonomy and power, ironically, than Catalonia could ever hope to achieve.

They speak of "will" and "freedom." There is no freedom of choice here. It's freedom so long as it does not run contrary to the prevailing attitudes and laws of nationalists.

Quebec's economy is simply not deep enough to sustain itself at this time.

There is one glitch in all this though: Catalonia actually has money.