Childish Games (with Life-changing Impact)

According to macleans.ca, Parti Québécois leader Pauline Marois is not only set to win the Quebec provincial election, but already plans on a new referendum to separate Quebec from the rest of Canada.  The fact that this issue is at an all time low in the minds of the Quebec people does not appear to be a stumbling block for her.  Instead, she has the following strategy as detailed on MacLean’s web site:

“First, Marois says she would ask Ottawa for greater control of numerous areas ranging from foreign policy to copyright law to economic development.  If Ottawa refuses, it would fight.  These scraps will take place in legislative arenas and, in some cases, probably in the justice system all the way up to the Supreme Court.  Each PQ loss would be added to the list of reasons why Quebec would be better off alone, fanning the flames of the separatist movement.

        

Second, the PQ would set the mechanics in motion to hold another referendum.

The party has already transferred the responsibility for calling one onto the general public.  Once 850,000 people sign a petition, or 15 per cent of Quebec’s population, the PQ says the public could demand a referendum. Marois plans to establish a new cabinet post that would manage such requests.  To provide herself a little wiggle room, in case the polls aren’t favourable, Marois now says the legislature would have the right to refuse.”

Reading this, it is obvious that what is driving this ideology is NOT what is best for the people of Quebec or the nation that provides Pauline Marois with the freedom she is exercising.  No, Marois is driven by her desire for an independent Quebec, no matter the cost to the people.  What she wants she plans to get, even if she has to play manipulative and childish games to get it.  Make no mistake, fixing for failure and playing the people against themselves are nothing more than just that – childish manipulation.  This is politics at it’s ugliest. 

Astonishingly, Marois isn’t even trying to hide such an agenda!  The sad reality is that far too many people are so consumed with their own lives that they really don’t care how manipulative those with power around them are - as long as they largely leave them alone.  So Marois knows that the vast majority of Quebecers will never read of her strategy until it’s too late.

Sadly, the same is true of the rest of Canada.  For far too long we’ve listened to Quebec politicians complain and whine, so the majority of Canadians are content to ignore Quebec and it’s leaders, as long as it doesn’t interfere in their lives.  It will be too late when the referendum comes!  In the past, people spoke of Nero fiddling while Rome burned.  In the future, it will be the people fiddling while the leaders tear the country apart.