Is it possible to build a new political party in Canada?

[MKSheppard]

Centered around essentially being an anti Bloc Quebecois, and
calling for the total annihilation of Quebec's bullshit, English as the
single language for canada, the elimination of all the gravy train
bullshit for Quebec.....

How electable do you think such a party would be?

[Aaron]

Centered around essentially being an anti Bloc Quebecois, and
calling for the total annihilation of Quebec's bullshit, English as the
single language for canada, the elimination of all the gravy train
bullshit for Quebec.....

How electable do you think such a party would be?

It's possible to build a new political party in Canada. The Reform Party is a relitively recent party, I can't remember what they changed their name too. I think that a party with that platform would be popular in Western Canada where anti-Quebec sentiment is high, but I doubt that they would ever win a majority. The outcry from Quebec would also be loud and severe. The new party would be accused of being racist etc.

You'd never be able to eliminate French from the official language list, the Quebecers hold too much power in parliment to allow it to happen. The same with eliminating the gravy train. It doesn't help that most of our PM's are actually from Quebec, or are of French ancestery.

[MKSheppard]

I think that a party with that platform would be popular in Western Canada where anti-Quebec sentiment is high

I also gather that Quebec is not very popular outside of oh, Quebec.

You'd never be able to eliminate French from the official language list, the Quebecers hold too much power in parliment to allow it to happen.

By my math, the Bloc Quebecois only controls 17% of the parlimentary
votes; I'd gather a "fuck quebec" resolution if drafted right would
be virtually undefeatable.

[Darth Wong]

A lot of Canadians try hard to be tolerant and understanding of minorities (even to the point of letting them get away with shit such as the Bloc Quebecois), and the Quebeckers are a minority. It would fly in Alberta, but not in most of Canada. Sure, you'd get some people who wholeheartedly support such action, but I don't think you could ever actually get elected.

What's more likely (albeit still unlikely) is a non-Quebec politician getting elected on a fiscal conservatism platform and cutting back on Quebec's over-generous transfer payments or the various federal programs which exist only for the furtherance of Quebec interests, using a "pork barrel" or "cost-cutting" rationale.

[Col. Crackpot]

A lot of Canadians try hard to be tolerant and understanding of minorities (even to the point of letting them get away with shit), and the Quebeckers are a minority. It would fly in Alberta, but not in most of Canada. Sure, you'd get some people who wholeheartedly support such action, but I don't think you could ever actually get elected.

How is standing up against a political ideology (grab as much money as posible for my home province, screw the rest) intolerant of a minority group? Bloc Quebecois is merely a political entity is it not? How is bashing them any different from bashing Greens or Conservatives or Fascists?

[J]

Centered around essentially being an anti Bloc Quebecois, and
calling for the total annihilation of Quebec's bullshit, English as the
single language for canada, the elimination of all the gravy train
bullshit for Quebec.....

How electable do you think such a party would be?

You've more or less described our old Reform Party. It was quite successful in our prairie provinces but I don't believe they got any seats east of Manitoba.

[Darth Wong]

How is standing up against a political ideology (grab as much money as posible for my home province, screw the rest) intolerant of a minority group? Bloc Quebecois is merely a political entity is it not? How is bashing them any different from bashing Greens or Conservatives or Fascists?

Bashing Bloc Quebecois is easy at first, but as a campaign drags on the media will make you out to be racially intolerant for doing it. Even though French-speakers aren't a race at all, they'll still do it.

[Col. Crackpot]

How is standing up against a political ideology (grab as much money as posible for my home province, screw the rest) intolerant of a minority group? Bloc Quebecois is merely a political entity is it not? How is bashing them any different from bashing Greens or Conservatives or Fascists?

Bashing Bloc Quebecois is easy at first, but as a campaign drags on the media will make you out to be racially intolerant for doing it. Even though French-speakers aren't a race at all, they'll still do it.

Thats stupid. One of the things that i think gives Quebec (and Montral in particular) its charm is the fact that you have such a diverse population awash in French culture in North America. How can it be portrayed as a racial issue when these Quebeckers are everything from Albanian to Zulu?

[Darth Wong]

Thats stupid. One of the things that i think gives Quebec (and Montral in particular) its charm is the fact that you have such a diverse population awash in French culture in North America. How can it be portrayed as a racial issue when these Quebeckers are everything from Albanian to Zulu?

Ask the media. Because they will do it, trust me.

[Col. Crackpot]

Thats stupid. One of the things that i think gives Quebec (and Montral in particular) its charm is the fact that you have such a diverse population awash in French culture in North America. How can it be portrayed as a racial issue when these Quebeckers are everything from Albanian to Zulu?

Ask the media. Because they will do it, trust me.

ahh ignorant media. At least the US and Canada still have something in common.

[MKSheppard]

Quite frankly, I'm damn tired of my mother badmouthing my
father's family as being "from Quebec," and "never trust the french"

God damn it people, my dad's family is from MONTREAL
not that shithole known as Quebec

*prepares 5 MT nuke for quebec*