Word Of Advice To Parti Quebecois

Grow up.

Stop acting like hickish rubes already.

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By her own account, Ma Tante Marois acknowledges Quebec would face "five years of turbulence" if it separates. I think she's being too charitable. A province that has high welfare figures, low productivity and education graduation rates, high finance debt, persistent mismanagement and corruption higher than most provinces, high union membership, little entrepreneurship needs a lot more than five years to fix.

It will have to basically go all Ireland to even get a chance. That would mean putting Quebec's generous welfare largesse in jeopardy.

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Imagine these people unleashed in an independent setting. Jeez. They'd see Bogey-men everyhwere.
Bill 101 would become Bill Ali Baba and 1001 Tales.

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I've known a few Natives in my day. Their take is simple: The tactics Quebec uses against Canada, we will use against them. Just like the "enclave" of Montreal will do. No one will take things sitting down. The PQ did a terrible job of selling their dream to all Quebecers. Part of the reason is because they never truly believed most of us are part of their fabric.

If Canada is divisive. So is Quebec is the Native view.

Best to accept Quebec is an equal, important part of an experiment called Canada.