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Originally Posted by killer_carlson
Trudeau put separation back on the table. Combine that with the most dangerous politician in 20 years in mulclair, and we'll see a separatist vote in the next 5 to 7 years.
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I don't agree with you at all. I don't see how he put separation back on the table? Merely mentioning the word doesn't make it a factor, and just like has already been mentioned I don't think that the appetite for a referendum is there anyway. That has been brought up time and time again, and quite frankly the mass voting by Quebecers for federalist parties last election is great evidence of that fact.
Even so, lets pretend there is a referendum in 5-7yrs. I would much prefer a strong federalist messgae from Justin Trudeau rather than Stephen "firewall" Harper anyday. When I think of the government cabinet in fact there aren't many of them that I would expect could rally any nationalist sentiment in a referendum. Harper is completely uninspiring, John Baird is a total blow-hard and then we get to guys like Pierre Polievierre (I know that's probably mispelled, and sorry!), Jason Kenney (who I would describe as incredibly smarmy)and I'm not even sure who else. Don't even bring up Flaherty who has the charisma of a garden gnome.
To me a referendum isn't a policy issue either. Liberals, CPC and NDP all have a similar stance in that we're against separation so the concern here is actually a different animal entirely. To me its a question of who can win that vote and looking at the CPC today I would say there are questions about who could step up and deliver that win.