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Originally Posted by RedHot25
You think BQ members will join the conservatives?
I guess in theory there is some plausibility to that (for e.g. Bouchard was with mulroney). But, I don't know, I have a hard time believing that. First, the separtist optics of it - for any party (be it conservative, liberal or whoever). And secondly I know Dardon (?) and I briefly discussed it, but I see the Bloc as a left wing party; not sure that they have similar values as the conservatives. But, then again, the uniting value with the Bloc is separatism, so you could have various individual members. But overall, I don't know, I can't see the bloc - as a whole or any members - joining up officially with another party.
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There are certainly soft sovereigntists in the BQ party who share many views on federalism with the Conservatives. We'll see...
But the bleed would most likely come from the Liberals, with a weak leader and many members who stand with some of the centre-right policies of the Conservatives, it is certainly a possibility.