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Duceppe: Quebec will win 'Berlin Wall' battle for independence


Misc CDN | 206781 hits | Oct 15 10:34 pm | Posted by: Hyack
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WASHINGTON - Fifteen years removed from the last referendum on sovereignty, Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe was in the U.S. capital Friday with a message familiar to Canadian ears but a potential eyebrow-raiser south of the border: Quebec separatism,

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  1. by avatar kenmore
    Sat Oct 16, 2010 7:14 pm
    Can you say Delusional Duceppe! The US has never supported an independent Qu?bec and I doubt they ever will. And what a reference " the Berlin Wall" these people are fucking nuts!

  2. by avatar desertdude
    Sat Oct 16, 2010 7:29 pm
    "Remember that in September 1995, sovereignty was at 38 per cent," he said. "We finished at 49.4, 30 days after."


    49.9 Isn't that awfully close to a majority ?

  3. by avatar Unsound
    Sat Oct 16, 2010 7:50 pm
    I believe it was a lot further from being a majority if all the scrutineers and other vote officials weren't bloc appointees. From the stories I've heard there was enough hanky-panky to embarrass a cuban election official

  4. by avatar raydan
    Sat Oct 16, 2010 8:00 pm
    "desertdude" said
    "Remember that in September 1995, sovereignty was at 38 per cent," he said. "We finished at 49.4, 30 days after."


    49.9 Isn't that awfully close to a majority ?

    Yup...
    I lived in a small rural village and out of 240 voters, 120 voted Yes, 120 No.

    But I think that general support for independance has gone steadily down since.
    I don't see a chance in hell of this going through.

  5. by jeff744
    Sat Oct 16, 2010 8:04 pm
    Please do break away, you will lessen the economic burden on the rest of the country and we no longer have to listen to the whining and complaining that is coming from Quebec.

    Also: the movement is in the 30-40% area from one survey, they also now require a 'clear majority'

  6. by avatar Proculation
    Sat Oct 16, 2010 8:31 pm
    lol @ Duceppe.

    He really needs to get to a nursing home for the elderly. He's becoming a real joke.

    Please fellow Canadians, don't think we are like him.

    (edit: it's not "I" but "He"... lost in translation...)

  7. by avatar kenmore
    Sat Oct 16, 2010 9:52 pm
    "jeff744" said
    Please do break away, you will lessen the economic burden on the rest of the country and we no longer have to listen to the whining and complaining that is coming from Quebec.

    Also: the movement is in the 30-40% area from one survey, they also now require a 'clear majority'


    You might want to think that one out a little more. The separation of any province from Canada would have disasterous effects on the economy and cause havoc on the world stage. It is not good for Canada or Québec. Even the constant saber rattling of the PQ effects credit and bond ratings. Canada would suffer more than you think. And Québec, well it would just end up a poverty stricken republic

  8. by avatar Bodah
    Sat Oct 16, 2010 10:15 pm
    "There's more bilingualism in Quebec than anywhere else in the rest of Canada.... We're not against the English language, and there's no danger of English disappearing in North America."

    Oh yes you are hypocrite.

  9. by avatar kenmore
    Sat Oct 16, 2010 10:55 pm
    He flew on the PQ's new plane

  10. by avatar Tman1
    Sun Oct 17, 2010 1:23 am
    :lol:

  11. by avatar llama66
    Sun Oct 17, 2010 1:29 am
    what? The Berlin Wall is in Quebec?

  12. by Lemmy
    Sun Oct 17, 2010 1:40 am
    "llama66" said
    what? The Berlin Wall is in Quebec?


    No, they're proposing that they build a wall around Quebec. I'm all for using federal tax dollars for that project, provided the walls are water-tight.

  13. by avatar Dragom
    Sun Oct 17, 2010 1:48 am
    Biggest problem with letting Quebec go is that half of our heavy industry is there.

  14. by avatar Proculation
    Sun Oct 17, 2010 2:05 am
    "Lemmy" said
    what? The Berlin Wall is in Quebec?


    No, they're proposing that they build a wall around Quebec. I'm all for using federal tax dollars for that project, provided the walls are water-tight.

    You would lost me Lemmy :(



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