Bloc may prop up Toriesl

[Topaz]

This appears to be excellent news.

I really admire Gilles Duceppe, with his gall to tell the truth, even when screwing the rest of the country. I think him the most fit leader of the 4, and were he to erase 'Quebec,' and pencil in 'Canada,' and run candidates in the entire country I think he would win a record landslide.

I agree with you. He really gave Harper good questions in the debates and he is a very good politican too bad he's for the Bloc.

[Goat Boy©]

Running a national party is a lot different than one focused on one province alone. If Alberta had its own Bloc-style party, I'm certain it's leader would do equally well focusing exclusively on the province.

True, but the thing that I like about Duceppe is that he rarely openly lies. If he's screwing you, he'll say it to your face. He won't sell himself short for votes, he'll do what he thinks is best and to the hell with the rest of us.

[Guy M]

Running a national party is a lot different than one focused on one province alone. If Alberta had its own Bloc-style party, I'm certain it's leader would do equally well focusing exclusively on the province.

I totally agree.

I don't believe Duceppe to be the perfect politician that you present him as. The shit going down in parliament right now is more a reflection of regional diversity in Canada than anything else.

Again, I think this is exactly our problem these days. Too many of the parties today are focusing on appeasing specific groups and nobody is focused on the country as a whole. The Bloc, more than anyone, is responsible for Canada's political instability. Turning roughly 1/5 of Canada's seats away from national interests and towards Quebec exclusively makes it almost impossible for anyone to get a majority. If that's the way politics are going to work now, we're better off having no national parties and having province-only parties for every different region. At least then if Quebec wants something done they have to negotiate in good faith with the other parties rather than seeing how much they can get for Quebec alone.

Do you honestly believe the other 4/5 of politicans are entirely focused on the national good and exempt from regional interests?