The Irrelevant Motion
This blog is written mostly tongue-in-cheek. There may be something informative however. Please provide your feedback.
If you suffer from self-irrelevancy, please seek professional advice.
Hello. Tonight the Liberal leadership convention began. While I didn't see all of it, apparently Howard Dean's speech was much better than what people expected. He was a controversial keynote speaker, yet delivered by comparing the Liberals to the US Democrats.
What I found interesting, however, is that apparently the motion to make Quebecois a "nation within a nation" which was approved by the House of Commons on Monday, is supposedly not going to be debated at this convention. If that is so, then why not? Could this motion be in fact irrelevant?
I believe it is, because it does not change the Canadian Constitution. If there were changes to the Constitution included in the motion, it would've never passed as it did. It would be the biggest issue this country has probably ever faced.
My irrelevant beliefs on the whole Quebec situation are the following:
If you suffer from self-irrelevancy, please seek professional advice.
Hello. Tonight the Liberal leadership convention began. While I didn't see all of it, apparently Howard Dean's speech was much better than what people expected. He was a controversial keynote speaker, yet delivered by comparing the Liberals to the US Democrats.
What I found interesting, however, is that apparently the motion to make Quebecois a "nation within a nation" which was approved by the House of Commons on Monday, is supposedly not going to be debated at this convention. If that is so, then why not? Could this motion be in fact irrelevant?
I believe it is, because it does not change the Canadian Constitution. If there were changes to the Constitution included in the motion, it would've never passed as it did. It would be the biggest issue this country has probably ever faced.
My irrelevant beliefs on the whole Quebec situation are the following:
- Quebec will never sign on to any of the parts of the Constitution because it would lose a lot of its political power
- No political party will ever force Quebec to sign
- Quebec will never separate if the situation stays as it is
- Quebec will never separate if the situation changes
- Politicians should stop worrying about this situation
Does this mean Michael Chong and Gerard Kennedy made mistakes by making their true (which I believe they were) feelings known? In Chong's case yes. In Kennedy's case no. I would not be surprised if Kennedy or Stephane Dion got in Saturday as Liberal leader because of this issue.
An unscientific poll by TVO's The Agenda program asked Ontarians if they agreed with the motion. 89% said no. If a Liberal leader is elected because of this motion, that individual may have difficulty getting votes in Ontario if that's a major party platform.
It should be an interesting campaign. For once, I don't think anyone will predict who will win.
Regards,
Irrelevant
posted by Irrelevant at 8:04 PM
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