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Quebec Liberal Party Wins Provincial Election
Vanity | April 14, 2003 | Self

Posted on 04/14/2003 6:12:08 PM PDT by Loyalist

CBC just projected a Liberal majority government in Quebec elections, Jean Charest premier-designate unseating separatist Parti Quebecois government of Bernard Landry.

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TOPICS: Canada; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: adq; bernardlandry; canadianunity; charest; dumont; jeancharest; landry; liberal; liberalelection; partiquebecois; plq; pq; qlp; quebec
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To: albertabound
One would think the federal Liberals had embraced a similar set of views. It would do Canada a world of good. If Jean Charest in Quebec and the Liberals out in British Columbia could influence the federal Liberals to stop trying to turn Canada into a copy of Scandinavia, perhaps it will be a turning point in Canadian history and Jean Chretien's rule will looked back upon as a period where Canada lost its moorings. Maybe the country will find its way back to sanity in view of Ottawa's attempts to micromanage every facet of Canadian life in the past decade since Chretien's party came to power. One can hope.
23 posted on 04/14/2003 9:35:57 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: xm177e2
I don't know about that this looks like good news,

From

http://www.pressrepublican.com/Archive/2003/04_2003/04112003pb.htm

Now, as for that other rightward veering, we are referring to the April 14 election and the very real possibility voters in Quebec will elect the Liberals — les rouges, as the party is known (and which, in the early days of its history, advocated annexation of Canada by the United States.)

It’s not so much that the Liberals have such a pronounced rightward tilt, it’s just that, by comparison with the Parti Quebecois that’s ruled the province for the last nine years, the party is relatively rock-ribbed Republican. In fact, some of the key planks in the Liberal platform are the staples of neo-conservative thinking. A 27-percent cut in personal income taxes over five years, simplification of business taxes and reduction of regulatory obstacles to job creation.

As well, the Liberals are pledged to reduce the bewildering array of government agencies and organisms that have proliferated under the PQ. The Liberals would freeze the budgets of all government ministries, except, significantly, health and education.........


Sounds like the Quebecers are moving in the right direction to me, Actually the Liberals in Quebec seem to be acting more conservative than the Republicans here.




26 posted on 04/14/2003 9:39:17 PM PDT by qam1 (Upstate New York secede from Downstate Now!!)
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To: seamole
That statement makes it abundantly obvious that you are not Canadian.

And that statement makes it abundantly obvious that you never been to Montreal.

28 posted on 04/14/2003 9:44:13 PM PDT by qam1 (Upstate New York secede from Downstate Now!!)
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To: qam1
I don't know. I lived in Montreal for almost four years and always thought the best looking girls were the anglos.

Although there probably aren't many of those left...
29 posted on 04/14/2003 11:35:53 PM PDT by algol
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To: algol
The Froggies all look like Celine Dion, seriously Montreal women are very foxy.
30 posted on 04/15/2003 12:38:54 PM PDT by albertabound (It's good to beeeee Alberts bound.)
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To: albertabound
Isn't Celine Dion of Arab heritage?
31 posted on 04/15/2003 12:42:29 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: goldstategop
The Liberal party in Quebec are "Liberal" in name only. As someone else mentioned they are the "federalist" party and are looked upon as such. Jean Charest is a conservative and he was the leader of the federal Conservatives before jumping to Quebec provincial politics to the federalist party which just happens to be the Liberal party. Someone else summed it up well in a post.

32 posted on 04/17/2003 5:42:02 AM PDT by SB00
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