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|  sollune | Apr 7, 4:28am | Tories plan to bolster Québec in Constitution
If Conservatives win a majority, party says it's willing to reopen federal blueprint, building on declaration of Québécois as a nation
DANIEL LEBLANC
From Wednesday's Globe and Mail
April 2, 2008 at 2:00 AM EDT
OTTAWA -- The Harper government is telling Québec that if the Conservatives win a majority in the next election, they will look to reopen the Constitution and give more meaning to their recognition of the Québéquois as a nation.
Emphasizing the Conservative receptiveness to "Québec's historical demands," Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn raised the possibility of winning 30 to 40 seats in the province, up from the current 11.
"The recognition of the Québec nation within Canada allows us to think that we can put some meat around it, and that a majority government is more able to do a number of things, while being respectful of all of the provinces," Mr. Blackburn said in an interview.
"When you're a minority, you never know what can happen, so it's not obvious to do that type of thing in the actual context," Mr. Blackburn said on the topic of constitutional change.
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| | sollune | Apr 8, 3:54pm | | actually I heard Harper deny it this afternoon. it was apparently a lone minister speaking out, and that the party doesn't support that position. so... false alarm. let's go back to merrily ignoring this overwhelming problem. |
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| | g-free | Apr 8, 5:59pm | | Canada's version of compassionate conservatism |
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| | | burtonger | Apr 13, 8:42pm | | What a load of neo con bull shit from the un-Canadian minority fascist assholes. I would not trust these lying bastards ever and you're as aware as the Americans that put up with the obscenely criminal Bush administration if you do. |
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