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Originally Posted by Dion
I'd be screaming bloddy murder if it was the Conservatives forming a coalition withe the Bloc  |
I know you're half joking, but it should be menitoned again that the Bloc is not part of the coalition. They just agreed not to vote against the coalition on matter of confidence.
The Bloc's number one mission is to promote Quebec's interests on a federal level. That does not alway mean sovereignty, and a lot of the time, Quebec's interests are the interests of Canada (same with any province). If Canada suffers, then Quebec suffers. Having them agree in principle with the motives of the coalition is not an agreement with separatists. Back before the Bloc existed, "separatists" used to just join the mainstream parties and work from within - yet political allainces of convenience were still made with those MPs by the Conservatives and Liberals going back decades. It's just now, since 1990, they are lumped into the Bloc and it is easier to point them out.