tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post8475735228331226071..comments2024-02-07T16:22:39.625-05:00Comments on Jeff Jedras: For the sake of clarity...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-38121918421220525192008-05-19T21:55:00.000-04:002008-05-19T21:55:00.000-04:00you mean if you're not in government, you dont cre...you mean if you're not in government, you dont credit for taking action because you cant take action?<BR/><BR/>someone please pass this memo to Jack! Layton<BR/><BR/>As for the ad, I would totally go for an ad...<BR/><BR/>"Did you think the Clarity was bad? Take a look at Stephen Harper's version"<BR/><BR/>I understand the argument back in the day among liberal circles was whether or not it was necessary.<BR/><BR/>10 years later, I think it is unanimous that it has weakened the sovereigntist movement, forcing them to play fair.<BR/><BR/>Every poll with a clear question has always shown stronger support for federalismAnthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04018582124108708061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-10703178390351304252008-05-19T14:48:00.000-04:002008-05-19T14:48:00.000-04:00Great post and thread. LL, thanks for the detail o...Great post and thread. <BR/>LL, thanks for the detail on C341.<BR/><BR/>Maybe we could re-run the reform ad that showed Quebec politicians with red slashed circles over their faces.Northern PoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04670080478290108536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-10937177045693217912008-05-19T13:56:00.000-04:002008-05-19T13:56:00.000-04:00I think the Libs could come up with better ways to...I think the Libs could come up with better ways to use any spare change that they manage to scrape together these days, especially in Quebec. <BR/><BR/>Then again, Chretien *gained* seats post-Clarity Act, if memory serves, so on second thought, go right ahead with your ad buy.Jason Hickmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17648786726787793783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-29501193331456454022008-05-19T09:26:00.000-04:002008-05-19T09:26:00.000-04:00To Loraine Lamontagne: I agree with everything you...To Loraine Lamontagne: I agree with everything you've said. I can't stand the stupidly named bills they draft as well as the way they are written...Sunitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13079712490958220626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-89302447687487346062008-05-19T06:48:00.000-04:002008-05-19T06:48:00.000-04:00I remind Harper and the Reform party planted the s...I remind Harper and the Reform party planted the seed for the Clarity Act. But thank God Dion came along. Harper's bill pertained strictly to Quebec, indeed it was highly discriminatory against Quebecers, while the Clarity Act addresses the situation of any Canadian province wanting out. The Contingency Act mandated that a referendum on the partition of Quebec be hald on the same day as the referendum on its participation in the Canadian federation. Indeed the only support the Reform Party had in Quebec at that time was with partitionists. The Contingency Act would have had the Canadian foreign affairs minister travel around the world to convince other countries to disregard Quebecers' democratic choice. <BR/><BR/>I remind Quebecers every time I have the opportunity to do so of Harper's C-341. They are usually unaware of it or have a vague memory of the partition part, but they usually think that it was Dion who wanted to partition Quebec. This is a situation that needs to be clarified. Journalists in Quebec must ask Harper if he would use the strategy he conceived and proposed in C-341 - he may have changed his mind. It's up to Harper to confirm. <BR/><BR/>Harper's C-341 is a perfect example of a highly discriminatory, dangerously flawed, ill-conceived and badly written proposed legislation. It should be in the textbooks on how not to write legislation. Mind you, most, if not all, of his legislation are written in that fashion.Loraine Lamontagnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512459284158685617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-43970770649833635132008-05-19T01:27:00.000-04:002008-05-19T01:27:00.000-04:00Link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Contingen...Link:<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Contingency_ActRayKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05849043290404443300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-82900333868539980882008-05-19T01:26:00.000-04:002008-05-19T01:26:00.000-04:00How about just referencing the Quebec referendum b...How about just referencing the Quebec referendum bill he actually did author, the wonderfully named "Quebec Contingency Act".<BR/><BR/>That made separation subject to "approval [by] the rest of Canada by referendum."<BR/><BR/>I'm sure it would have gone over well having the other nine provinces--without Quebec--holding a referendum on whether Quebec should be allowed to declare independence.RayKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05849043290404443300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-25518806234989430972008-05-19T00:12:00.000-04:002008-05-19T00:12:00.000-04:00"I'd gladly chip-in $50 towards a full-page Conser..."I'd gladly chip-in $50 towards a full-page Conservative ad in La Presse affirming Stephen Harper as the true father of the Clarity Act, so Quebecers can at last know the truth."<BR/><BR/>I see rats.Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-51813806837605671292008-05-18T22:31:00.000-04:002008-05-18T22:31:00.000-04:00Shhhh....don't tell Chantal Hebert...Shhhh....don't tell Chantal Hebert...calgarygrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14496123174056722783noreply@blogger.com