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September Pacific / 02

Canadian Elections

One french canadian perspective en anglais in short non-elaborative phrases: Times have changed, at least here in Montreal Quebec. The linguistic racism between the french and the english has slowly left the building. It isn't completely gone, it never will either, but it isn't as it was back in the day... and that is because several other enemies have arrived to take the focus off of each other. That is the modern reason. The new generation hasn't felt the racism's full force either. The french, under abusive catholic control, were poor while the anglophones got rich. That sums up some roots of the issue without going into Durham or any other endless details (you could go visit senior citizens to find out more, and your jaw will drop, I guarantee you'll feel like burning your flag too). So one would vote Bloc to piss off the Liberals and vice versa. This doesn't apply anymore. Quebec used to feed 5 other provinces financially. Canada needed it to stick around. There were strategic reasons for seperatism but it doesn't apply today because of the aformentionned new enemies. I have to admit this. It is with a heavy heart that I must admit it. I have to let go of the torch of pain, abuse and revenge passed down from the old guard and I hope you will too (even you, the inbred morons of Alberta). I love to strike against Liberals but I can't keep on voting "in spite". It's over. Those issues are over. Our southern neighbors are puppeteering the Conservatives but really -- all parties will be subjected to this. It's a non-issue, it'll happen with whoever is in power. As for the NDP and whoever else in the bottom positions, it's a shame but it's easy for them to sound good. Anybody in the lower rows can say whatever they want if they're never in power to actually pull it off (but you can't fault the aim when it is to please, right?). XXXX was a Liberal who got elected, on his first day, his desk had an enveloppe with papers that required him to "sign here" and he refused. The following week, after his family recieved several threats (these are the people I know), he signed the papers in the enveloppe. We all heard similar stories. They're true. Whoever we elect (given that votes actually count) will have similar enveloppes waiting on the desks. This makes the endless debating somewhat irrelevant. I'm just saying voting should be taken with a grain of salt. And if you don't intend to vote, the only real way to say "fuck you" to the whole system is by making your vote NULL. Peace.