Thursday, March 8, 2007

Dumont, Boisclair, Charest: Elmyra, Pinky and the Brain (no particular order)

I sometimes watch the French-language newscasts to get a view on the "other" solitude. Tonight's newscast on Radio-Canada really made me wonder just how crazy provincial elections can get. First, "Super" Mario Dumont dumps the ADQ candidate for the Deux-Montagnes district (which includes the Kanesatake First Nation) after saying there's no longer a need for commemorations for the December 6th, 1989 massacre at the U of Montréal's engineering school. The comments came to light on -- Women's Day.

Second, the PQ is red-faced after it became known that the candidate in the St. Henri - Ste. Anne district of Montréal has long disputed the official version of events in the 1994 Rwanda genocide. In this moron's view, it wasn't genocide at all.

Third, the Liberals continue to be embattled over their decision to sell off part of Mount Orford Provincial Park in the Eastern Townships even though they now claim they'll use the money to buy adjacent land and double the size of the existing park.

Mario Dumont, André Boisclair, and Jean Charest. Or should I say: Elmyra, Pinky and the Brain. I'll let you decide who's who.

Under first-past-the-post, one of these idiots will almost certainly get a majority in the National Assembly ... much more certain now that we know Dumont didn't vet his candidates well enough. Isn't it time for proportional representation? I would have thought that the most socially progressive province in the country would want to take the lead on PR.

Almost makes one want to look at the alternatives (such as the Green Party).

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