Oh, and about the election...
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brinshannaraElections went well! Sort of.
There are three main parties at the provincial level in Quebec; this is up from 2.
Liberals - left-center party, moving to the right more though, since the leader was a conservative at the federal level for years, non-separatists
Parti Quebecois - leftish party, with an openly gay leader, but wants to separate from Canada
ADQ/Action Democratique de Quebec - more rightish than the Liberals, don't particularly want to separate
We've had the Liberals in power since April of 2003. Prior to that, we had nearly 10 years of the PQ, including the referendum in 1995 whereupon every citizen of Quebec voted either yes or no -- to secede or not to secede. The No side won with something like 50.8% of the votes, so we stayed in Canada. YAY!!! It was my first vote. I was very happy.
So anyways, one of the big campaign things the PQ does is promise a referendum, essentially.
This is when people tend to flee Quebec. I'm not kidding. Land value plummets, people sell their houses for 1/4 less than they could normally get, people get the hell out of Quebec before it separates.
I stay. I fight. But anyways.
The results of the election this Monday:
Liberals - 48 seats
ADQ - 41 seats
PQ - 36 seats
That means we have a minority government in Quebec, and will likely have another election within a year or two, but it means the Liberals are in overall power and the PQ is NOT. No referendum for the foreseeable future, no threat of separation for now, just some squabbling up at the National Assembly. (The provincial equivalent of the House of Commons.)
So... yay! :)
There are three main parties at the provincial level in Quebec; this is up from 2.
Liberals - left-center party, moving to the right more though, since the leader was a conservative at the federal level for years, non-separatists
Parti Quebecois - leftish party, with an openly gay leader, but wants to separate from Canada
ADQ/Action Democratique de Quebec - more rightish than the Liberals, don't particularly want to separate
We've had the Liberals in power since April of 2003. Prior to that, we had nearly 10 years of the PQ, including the referendum in 1995 whereupon every citizen of Quebec voted either yes or no -- to secede or not to secede. The No side won with something like 50.8% of the votes, so we stayed in Canada. YAY!!! It was my first vote. I was very happy.
So anyways, one of the big campaign things the PQ does is promise a referendum, essentially.
This is when people tend to flee Quebec. I'm not kidding. Land value plummets, people sell their houses for 1/4 less than they could normally get, people get the hell out of Quebec before it separates.
I stay. I fight. But anyways.
The results of the election this Monday:
Liberals - 48 seats
ADQ - 41 seats
PQ - 36 seats
That means we have a minority government in Quebec, and will likely have another election within a year or two, but it means the Liberals are in overall power and the PQ is NOT. No referendum for the foreseeable future, no threat of separation for now, just some squabbling up at the National Assembly. (The provincial equivalent of the House of Commons.)
So... yay! :)
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Date: 2007-03-30 08:33 pm (UTC)Personally... I'm apathetic about our governmental process. *shrug*
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Date: 2007-03-31 08:47 am (UTC)It's huge, this whole provincial thing. I don't much care NOW, but I care as we approach election days and I'd be sitting on pins and needles right now, wondering when they'll call a referendum, if the separatists had won.
Your governmental process is weird to me, obviously, and I'm somewhat apathetic towards yours as well. Mine... I feel a little like... my vote doesn't count. I live in a riding that is ALWAYS Liberal, both federally and provincially, and frankly, my vote doesn't matter. But I'm trying to remember Palm Beach County, and how they had no idea their votes mattered so much. So I still go and I still vote.
I do like helping out at the elections, though. Great pay and a really fascinating job for the day. :)
If you're happy, I'm happy! :D
Date: 2007-03-31 08:42 am (UTC)Re: If you're happy, I'm happy! :D
Date: 2007-03-31 08:47 am (UTC)Re: If you're happy, I'm happy! :D
Date: 2007-03-31 08:54 am (UTC):O
I thought I was up late!
Re: If you're happy, I'm happy! :D
Date: 2007-03-31 08:56 am (UTC)