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Would Justin Trudeau Separate From Stephen Harper's Canada? 'Maybe'

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Posted: 02/14/2012 12:49 pm

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The Globe and Mail:

Did Justin Trudeau really say he would support Quebec separating from Canada? Maybe, in the most hypothetical of hypothetical situations.

During a 16 minute radio interview in French with Radio-Canada broadcast Sunday, the Montreal Liberal MP was asked if he currently recognizes Canada under Stephen Harper. Mr. Trudeau's answer clearly caught the host off guard.

Read the whole story: The Globe and Mail

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TonyOnly
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03:11 PM on 02/14/2012
There's a lot Québecois and Quebecers alike who are feeling so disenfranchised by the dismantling of the once proud country of Canada by the Harpercrites, that if it were to continue indefinitely, we would consider separation not just a possibility, but a probability.

No separatist has ever been as great a threat to the unity of Canada as Stephen Harper.
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03:17 PM on 02/14/2012
Don't wait, start separation NOW. Meanwhile all you Harper-bashers can move to Quebec to get the ball rolling. GO NOW.
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Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati
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02:35 PM on 02/14/2012
Normally I wouldn't agree with Trudeau, but in the case of Quebec separation I support him 100%.

Let's have a referendum across Canada to kick Quebec out of Confederation.

Meanwhile lets make sure that the hydro power Quebec sells is factored into equalization payments just like the petroleum that Alberta sells.
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01:38 PM on 02/14/2012
No doubt there will be a firestorm of shock and indignation when Trudeau's words are taken out of context.
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tkondaks
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01:35 PM on 02/14/2012
Trudeau invokes Harper's alleged anti-abortionism as a reason he may support an independent Quebec. Well, let me remind everyone that it was a Quebec court (the Quebec Court of Appeals）that had a majority vote to allow a man to stop the abortion of his girlfriend about 20 years ago。It was the Canadian Supreme Court that overruled the Quebec Court （unanimously， I believe）。

Also， the Father of Quebec Separation -- Rene Levesque -- was on record as opposing abortion。
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jteschke
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01:22 PM on 02/14/2012
The Harper regime used the bogey man of separate Quebec to help gain its absolute majority. Now that they have it, their actions may lead to a separate Quebec and all that entails. It amounts to a cynical betrayal of Canadian interests to create a client state of an unnamed foreign regime the Harperites hope they can permanently control.
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01:17 PM on 02/14/2012
I'm as anti-separatist as it gets, but Trudeau has a point. If Harper continues to turn Canada into the North-USA and sets us back to the stone age with his archaic conservative policies, it might be worthwhile to GTFO.
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02:34 PM on 02/14/2012
We are in for a major shift back to center with the next election. The electorate is waking up and are mobilizing . No one wants the south/north alliance nor many of the policies enacted now. Lately the remnants of Reform keep raising their heads. Trudeau's remarks will draw out right and then we will see the truth revealed.
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02:36 PM on 02/14/2012
Yes, please GTFO... don't wait, go now.
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