When I first heard about the “Quebec as a nation within Canada” thing, I thought it was a joke. Then I thought Harper had gone insane.
But now it’s passed? And not just passed, but with a 266-16 vote? What the fucking hell? Are politicians so stupid and self-serving that they will sacrifice this entire nation to ensure they win the next election? Because that’s all this was — a power play end-run on a Bloc Quebecois motion to recognize Quebec as a nation. Both parties knew that anyone who voted against it would lose support in Quebec, so they did what they felt was the safe thing and screwed up the motion to mean less (though not, I fear, nothing) and then all happily voted for it and now are probably patting themselves on the back for it.
But now it’s out there, you morons! It’s a step, and a step in absolutely positively the wrong direction for this country and you did it not because it was the right thing to do for Canada, but for yourselves. Fuck every single one of you assholes in parliament who voted for this.
I say we move Quebec to Labrador, and then we separate.