How'd this guy ever get elected as an MP?
Former Cabinet Minister Michael Fortier proposes that Quebec hold a referendum every 15 years:
The short of Fortier's argument is that this would allow Quebec provincial politics to move beyond the federalist/separatist divide.
It makes for an intriguing idea, but it's far too silly in theory and too dangerous in practice for it to actually happen.
Au risque de heurter des fédéralistes, nous devrions légiférer la tenue d'un référendum obligatoire à tous les 15 ans. Le nombre important de Québécois souhaitant la souveraineté n'est pas sur le point de s'estomper - voilà 30 ans que je le souhaite et que les fédéralistes l'annoncent et rien n'y fait. Durant une période de 35 jours avant la tenue d'un référendum, le gouvernement opérerait exactement comme il le fait pendant une élection générale. Des membres du gouvernement militeraient dans des camps distincts durant la campagne référendaire, une pratique répandue ailleurs avec la multiplication de gouvernements de coalition dont les parties constituantes se disputent des sièges lors d'élections générales.
The short of Fortier's argument is that this would allow Quebec provincial politics to move beyond the federalist/separatist divide.
It makes for an intriguing idea, but it's far too silly in theory and too dangerous in practice for it to actually happen.
Labels: interesting debate cases, Michael Fortier
posted by calgarygrit at
4:20 PM
4 Comments:
He never did get elected. Harper appointed him to the SENATE and then to CABINET.
By
Anonymous, at 4:45 PM
That's CG's sarcasm in the title.
By
Anonymous, at 4:54 PM
One does not need to be elected which is kinda dumb though... :(
By
Catherine Lee, Canada, at 7:15 AM
As I pointed out. Lying is a SOP for the harper canient.
1,000 emails a day’ in support of scrapping long-form census grossly exaggerated: CBC
Tory MPs pointed to number of comments as reason for change
October 4, 2010 8:04 PM
OTTAWA — The avalanche of complaints that some Conservative MPs have been pointing to as the main reason to scrap the long-form census is not backed up by a paper trail, according to a recent media report.
According to the CBC, documents released by Industry Canada show that employees in the department had no idea what Maxime Bernier was talking about when he said earlier this year that he was inundated by complaints when overseeing the 2006 census as minister.
Bernier — now a Conservative backbencher — told reporters in July he received “an average of 1,000 emails a day” to his MP office while his department was undertaking the Canada-wide survey.
But CBC said access-to-information documents show a high-ranking Statistics Canada employee had asked Industry Canada to provide any numbers to back up Bernier’s claim.
In an email response, an Industry employee wrote on July 18 that an “internal survey of correspondence did not show anything close to a thousand a day,” before adding in brackets that “we got a standard 25-30 (complaints) a year.”
It was also reported that Statistics Canada received a total of 882 complaints for the 2006 census, none of which specifically complained about the mandatory long-form census.
Most — nearly 40 per cent — were in regards to the fact that the U.S.-based Lockheed Martin had been awarded the contract to collect the information. In fact, CBC said the documents show only 22 complaints — or about 2.5 per cent — were about the “intrusiveness of the questions.”
By
JimTan, at 1:23 AM
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