Most people in Canada do not believe that Quebec should separate and become its own country.
Party Quebecois Leader Pauline Marois has stated her party would like to hold a referendum asking Quebecers if they want to have their own country.
She has even mentioned that her government or nation or whatever she is going to call that province, will still use Canadian currency.
Isn’t that nice.
I wonder how many folks are going to want to get a passport to get into Quebec? That is another proposal that has been discussed during the current election campaign where Marois is looking for a majority.
What will the Quebec society look like after they declare their independence?
How will the new country replace the income of the federal employees?
How will they replace their aging infrastructure that will amount to billions of dollars and no federal help?
Will the Quebec country have military and how will it protect its borders?
Would Canada be better off without Quebec?
We would have only one official language, we would have fewer members of parliament and senators to pay.
We also would not have to go through the Quebecois demand for a separation every time they come into power in that province.
Perhaps this will all go away if Marois does not get elected and then there will be no referendum.
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MLA for Victoria Juan de Fuca John Horgan is the second person to throw their hat in the race for the NDP leadership.
MLA Mike Farnworth was the first to announce his intention to run for the top job in the New Democrat party.
Farnworth, who is known as a nice guy, stated the NDP were gutted in the last election.
Horgan is reputed to be the tough guy and maybe that’s what the party needs to do to replace Adrian Dix, who took the party down in the last election.
The current NDP house leader is being supported by Carole James who lost her job after a caucus revolt.
The NDP is a party in turmoil and it may get worse before the September 28 leadership announcement.
I expect there will be at least one more person, perhaps two, who will put their name forward for the New Democratic Party leadership.
I haven’t heard that Charlie Wyse is putting his name forward for the big job!
Ken Wilson is a freelance columnist with the Tribune/Advisor.