Jacques Parizeau
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Had Mr. Crouton not brought in a bus load of voters and had the ballot box stuffed and rigged the whole election you would have been a dual citizen. Good old Democracy at work.
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Have personally lived, studied and worked in Quebec I seen that first hand. On the other hand, he did try to achieve his goal through non-violent democratic means.
I don't agree with what he was trying to do but i do admire they way he tried to achieve his goals Rest in peace
On that basis, and for that faith in democracy, he was an honourable and admirable man. In many ways, those who succeeded him in office have had to adjust and incorporate the separatist principles that were evidenced by his near-win. The Québec that the once Progressive-Conservative Jean Charest passed on was a far more distinct and separate society than the Québec Parizeau was elected to govern.
BS isn't kidding, I was there too. That vote was one of the main reasons my family and I moved to Toronto.
I don't understand the love being expressed for Jacques Parizeau. I agree with Train, I can't understand him being missed by anyone other than the most hardcore of P.Q. partisans.
I don't have love or admiration for Parizeau either but I suppose he was a formidable political foe who deserves some respect as one of the most colorful Quebecois.
I was also there. In an atmosphere where you can not drive down the street with your radio on an English radio station on and risk getting threats of violence. In an atmosphere where lowly store clerks will tell you that they do not speak English, ( no French, no service ) During the referendum there were ballot boxes found from English areas that were thrown in the trash because they knew that all the votes would be for the No side.
Jacques Parizeau claimed that it was money and ethnics that thwarted separation for the Quebeqois. ( 2:05 on the Video ) By that reasoning Quebec will never separate because there will always be money ( English money ) and ethnics. Thank God separation is dying. All the die hard old geezers are fading or dying off. The young people do not want separation. Pauline Marois did bring back some life to the notion of separation but it was short lived. Peledeau her replacement is a joke. Quebec separation is on its last legs.
Was Parizeau an honest politician? Not totally honest but better than the other scum. Did he do things for Quebec? He did, but I believe that things that were done by him would have been done by another if he was not there.
All I can say is By Jove! ( his favorite taunt when talking to the English media ) I am glad he is gone.
Jacques Parizeau claimed that it was money and ethnics that thwarted separation for the Quebeqois. ( 2:05 on the Video ) By that reasoning Quebec will never separate because there will always be money ( English money ) and ethnics. Thank God separation is dying. All the die hard old geezers are fading or dying off. The young people do not want separation. Pauline Marois did bring back some life to the notion of separation but it was short lived. Peledeau her replacement is a joke. Quebec separation is on its last legs.
Was Parizeau an honest politician? Not totally honest but better than the other scum. Did he do things for Quebec? He did, but I believe that things that were done by him would have been done by another if he was not there.
All I can say is By Jove! ( his favorite taunt when talking to the English media ) I am glad he is gone.
To quote Mark Twain, "I've never wished any man dead, but I have been happy when I have read a few obituaries "
This is exactly how I feel.
The man was a bigot and a racist. What's more he was a pompous ass.
(but he wasn't boring and he was not to be underestimated. In a weird way, him and Levesque made Toronto the city it became by driving out "les autres" down the 401 to Toronto. They were both nation builders - but in Toronto.)
This is exactly how I feel.
The man was a bigot and a racist. What's more he was a pompous ass.
(but he wasn't boring and he was not to be underestimated. In a weird way, him and Levesque made Toronto the city it became by driving out "les autres" down the 401 to Toronto. They were both nation builders - but in Toronto.)
I agree with the poster who said that whatever positives Mr. Parizeau accomplished would likely have been accomplished by someone else and probably with much less social and economic disruption. As a eyewitness to the passionate debates on independence, both for and against, I became a believer in the rights of a people to seek self-determination in a peaceful and democratic manner.
To appease his fanbase. He did have his supporters. Wonder if any federal politicians will attend?
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