Harsh realities hit home in Quebec (Franco-socialism a bust!)

Financial Post - Canada ^ | Wednesday, March 28, 2007 | Sean Silcoff

[GMMAC]

Related 'Quebec election wrap-up' articles:

Quebec vote is also a Harper win ~ Licia Corbella, Calgary Sun, Wed, March 28, 2007
Sizing up fallout from Quebec vote ~ Lorrie Goldstein, Toronto Sun, Wed, March 28, 2007
No small error, pollsters say ~ William Marsden, Montreal Gazette, Wed, March 28, 2007 (quite candid!)
Soft on sovereignty ~ Josee Legault, Montreal Gazette, Wed, March 28, 2007 (could be key, near future)
Tories may use Charest minority for a fed majority ~ Peter Worthington, Toronto Sun, Wed, March 28, 2007

[GMMAC]

PING!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Gimme a Molsons.

[VeniVidiVici]

One virtual Molsons coming right up.

MMMmmmm. That was good. I hope it was good for you too.

[GMMAC]

FYI, some claim "Laurentide", Molson's most popular brew in Quebec, is actually "Canadian" - its best-selling beer elsewhere in Canada - in a different bottle ... for political reasons:

[goldstategop]

Conservatives won a landslide. The two conservative parties took between them over 60% of the provincial vote and they control a combined two thirds of the seats in the Quebec National Assembly. What Quebec needs is a "Conservative Revolution."

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[-YYZ-]

I usually drink Ex when I'm in Quebec. For some reason Molson's beers made in Quebec are better than those produced elsewhere in Canada. Well, that's my story for why I drank so much of it when I was skiing in Quebec last month, anyway :)

[fanfan]

Conservatives won a landslide. The two conservative parties took between them over 60% of the provincial vote and they control a combined two thirds of the seats in the Quebec National Assembly.

Which stresses how strange it is that on a conservative forum (FR) there are only 7 posts on this subject/thread.

8-)

[GMMAC]

Doesn't all beer taste better - & go down even smoother & more readily - when you're on vacation ... anywhere ???

My favorite value & quality bargain:
Creemore on draft and at regular beer prices (!) in many golf course clubhouses within 20-30 miles of the brewery up in the Midland Ontario area!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Come on down to the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri this summer and I will show you mass consumption. I'll find a couple of good beers to serve, too.

[concrete is my business]

I'll raise a glass! Cheers. The Libs, the Bloc, the NDP, the Greens are all in disarray. Here is to a Conservative majority. I can hardly wait for that live thread.

[fanfan]

Bump to that!

[-YYZ-]

Creemore Springs is a favorite of mine. Very tasty. Possibly too good for large scale consumption, although at regular beer prices...

[Poser]

And, of course, the number one selling beer in Canada...

[-YYZ-]

Blech. And I don't believe it, either. I rarely see anyone drinking Bud. The American beer I do see especially younger people swilling all the time is Coors Light - which I also prefer over Budweiser. Neither is very good, though, IMO.

[Lx]

Blech is right, Buttgeiser is the #1 beer?

[1rudeboy]

Quebec is more a province of Labatt.

[1rudeboy]

Which stresses how strange it is that on a conservative forum (FR) there are only 7 posts on this subject/thread.

In another week, the election will be forgotten, and others will resume explaining to you that Canadians (or, in this case, Quebecois) are socialist.

[Don W]

The LIEberal party of Quebec is not conservative by any stretch of the imagination. Action Democratique is centre-right. Charest is a former federal PC leader who defected to lead the Quebecois LIEberals, and the PC's were middle-left masquerading as right.

I'm pleased that the PQ were trashed in this election, but let's not exaggerate the results.

[Poser]

Coors Light is the number 2 selling beer in Canada. Bud is number 1. Labatts contract brews the bud and Coors owns Molson.