Hmm, sounds like a direction from the Centre to me -- and the allegations of witch hunt is rather like a careful misdirection... . The NDP is learning from the CPC... .
Hmm, sounds like a direction from the Centre to me -- and the allegations of witch hunt is rather like a careful misdirection... . The NDP is learning from the CPC... .
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You surely are above this Morton. It is very clear that leftists and social democrats in Quebec have often belonged to the Bloc as well as the BQ for the very simple reason that these are the parties of social democracy in the Province. However thanks to the CPC and the LPC marginalizing and demonizing these parties (a completely undemocratic tendency on the part of the CPC and the LPC) people who have been associated with these groups have been between a rock and a hard place concerning their political futures. But I have grown very tired of the Conservatives and Liberals demonizing groups whose politics and policies are perfectly fair and democratic.
Enough is enough.
The NDP are understandably concerned about "gotcha" journalism. When you look at how the right-wing media is endlessly hounding them about their interim leader, you can guess that nearly *any* response would be spun into a pretzel and shouted loudly from the many Suns. Right now Quebec isn't of interest in the English media except as how it's foreign, filled with separatists (the bad kind, not the Alberta kind), and stealing your tax dollars.
If the Star was truly interested about Quebec MPs, they would have sent the questionnaire to all of them, not just the NDP. Maybe they would even have tried actual interviews too.
You surely are above this Morton. It is very clear that leftists and social democrats in Quebec have often belonged to the Bloc as well as the BQ for the very simple reason that these are the parties of social democracy in the Province.
One point Dion raised in an editorial is that federally, people have had the choice of supporting the NDP in Quebec, the Bloc wasn't the only social democratic choice in the party.
As for a lefist choice provincially, there's always the Green Party of Quebec, which takes no stand on the issue of separation. (The less said about the New Democratic Party of Quebec the better.)
On the issue of demonization, I doubt that people are suspicious about the Bloc Quebecois or Quebec Solidaire for their social democratic stand as much as their stand for the separation of Quebec from the rest of Canada. (It's funny, my parents liked the Bloc and Ducepppe, but they disagreed strongly on the Bloc's stand on Quebec independence.)
Of course it's anyone's democratic right to vote however one wants, or for a party to take any stand it wants on an issue. Still, having a party criticise another party's stand isn't that radical. All the opposition parties criticised the CPC's environmental stand and law and order agenda in the last election. It's the way parties differentiate themselves.
Going back to the article, Robert Asselin probably was right when he said this:
“Prove to the rest of Canada that you are able to be that bridge and connect Quebecers with the rest of Canada,” said Asselin, who noted their silence fuels suspicion and gives people the impression they are not ready for prime time.
Asselin said that as public office holders, this also involves speaking about any past associations with the sovereignty movement and explaining how and why they came to be part of a national federalist party.
“If they are convinced now that they are a strong federalist voice in Quebec, they should say so and say they were wrong in the past to support Bloc members or other sovereignty parties,” said Asselin, who noted La Presse chief editorialist André Pratte is a prime example of an influential federalist voice who voted “yes” in the 1980 referendum. “There is nothing wrong with that.”
The NDP points out that they beat out the BQ and allowed people a federalist choice. Well, what is the NDP's federalist vision? Here's the opportunity for the NDP to bridge any gaps between Quebec and the so-called "rest of Canada" --- they should take it.
Consider the source James;
The Toronto Star.
They sent an email to all NDP Quebec MP's. Why on earth would any MP respond to such an email?
Let's make no mistake. This is the same Toronto Star that endorsed the NDP in the May election.
Why?
Any journalist with any skill could have figured out the political philosophy of most New Democrats in Quebec before voting day. The Star's staff didn't bother to do this. They didn't care.
Will you, or will anyone for that matter take the Star seriously when they endorse a party in the Ontario election?
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