01-15-2009, 01:24 PM
Trudeau's reaction to the FLQ crisis of 1970 didn't bother me a bit. Most of the people arrested probably deserved it anyhow for being loud mouthed asses.
The major reason I dislike Trudeau is the divisive tactics he used to win elections. The National Energy Program where Alberta got $9 per barrel for $50 oil and the feds taxed the rest was among my favorites. Alberta went from an unbelievable boom to poverty. The Calgary skyline was punctuated with half-finished high-rises for the next 5 or more years. Alberta had not been an especially wealthy province compared to Ontario and Quebec and the first significant wealth it generated was confiscated. The stupidity was that Alberta was driving the national economy and everyone got hurt so Easterners could have cheap gas. I'll never forgive the bastard for the pain I suffered personally, the only time I was ever unemployed. Some day before I die, I will have to make a pilgrimage to Montreal to pee on his grave.
One columnist, whose name escapes me, upon hearing of Trudeau's resignation remarked that he'd believe it when he saw him buried on a crossroads, at midnight, with a stake through his heart.
ham, you're the expert. I've met dozen's of Quebecois and generally they seem like nice, normal, ordinary people. WTF is going on with Quebec politics? They seem to choose principles over pragmatics 9 times out of 10.
The major reason I dislike Trudeau is the divisive tactics he used to win elections. The National Energy Program where Alberta got $9 per barrel for $50 oil and the feds taxed the rest was among my favorites. Alberta went from an unbelievable boom to poverty. The Calgary skyline was punctuated with half-finished high-rises for the next 5 or more years. Alberta had not been an especially wealthy province compared to Ontario and Quebec and the first significant wealth it generated was confiscated. The stupidity was that Alberta was driving the national economy and everyone got hurt so Easterners could have cheap gas. I'll never forgive the bastard for the pain I suffered personally, the only time I was ever unemployed. Some day before I die, I will have to make a pilgrimage to Montreal to pee on his grave.
One columnist, whose name escapes me, upon hearing of Trudeau's resignation remarked that he'd believe it when he saw him buried on a crossroads, at midnight, with a stake through his heart.
ham, you're the expert. I've met dozen's of Quebecois and generally they seem like nice, normal, ordinary people. WTF is going on with Quebec politics? They seem to choose principles over pragmatics 9 times out of 10.