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With the vote of no-confidence recently toppling the Harper-led Conservative minority government thus triggering the 3rd parliamentary election in 5 years in Canada. And with the Francophone province of Quebec playing a critical role in whether Conservatives maintain and build upon their gains or the Liberals retake the political mantle in Canada, much rests upon the outcome here. However, from what I've been reading recently Quebec separatism is making a coming back once again in this election due to French-speaking Quebecois being upset with both the Conservatives and the Liberals with the NDP being a non-factor in the province.
As the Conservatives led by Harper are deeply unpopular in the province due to a variety of factors, including the fact that many a couple of years ago took some of Harper's political moves as a personal attack on Quebec. While the Liberal's have their own problems with Quebecois voters due to the scandal plagued and deeply unpopular Jean Charest, leader of the very loosely connected Quebec Liberal Party which looks increasingly certain to lose it's governing mandate in less then a couple of years to the separatist Parti Quebecois. As well as the fact that the Federal Liberal Party is the province is viewed has become viewed as out of touch and unpopular it's self.
Thus leaving the separatist Federal party the Bloc Quebecois and the provincial Parti Quebecois come into this election with a number of marked advantages over it's political rivals and with other factor's on it's side. Including the fact that the both separatist parties have learned alot from their mistakes over the years and have worked at appealing to other elements of Francophone society in Quebec, like African, Asian, and Middle Eastern immigrant communities. In addition to planning to not take the issue of Quebec sovereignty up right away in order to build political credit.
Here is a link to an article from the Globe and Mail about this issue in the Canadian election.
Guess what’s going to rear its ugly head once again - The Globe and Mail
Overall I think this has the potential to hurt the Conservatives as they could be denied a majority or even a governing mandate over the Quebec issue. As well as the Liberals being hurt in the sense that they could be scarred in the province for the time being too.
As the Conservatives led by Harper are deeply unpopular in the province due to a variety of factors, including the fact that many a couple of years ago took some of Harper's political moves as a personal attack on Quebec. While the Liberal's have their own problems with Quebecois voters due to the scandal plagued and deeply unpopular Jean Charest, leader of the very loosely connected Quebec Liberal Party which looks increasingly certain to lose it's governing mandate in less then a couple of years to the separatist Parti Quebecois. As well as the fact that the Federal Liberal Party is the province is viewed has become viewed as out of touch and unpopular it's self.
Thus leaving the separatist Federal party the Bloc Quebecois and the provincial Parti Quebecois come into this election with a number of marked advantages over it's political rivals and with other factor's on it's side. Including the fact that the both separatist parties have learned alot from their mistakes over the years and have worked at appealing to other elements of Francophone society in Quebec, like African, Asian, and Middle Eastern immigrant communities. In addition to planning to not take the issue of Quebec sovereignty up right away in order to build political credit.
Here is a link to an article from the Globe and Mail about this issue in the Canadian election.
Guess what’s going to rear its ugly head once again - The Globe and Mail
Overall I think this has the potential to hurt the Conservatives as they could be denied a majority or even a governing mandate over the Quebec issue. As well as the Liberals being hurt in the sense that they could be scarred in the province for the time being too.
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