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"War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength."
George Orwell, 1984

Mario Dumont's reaction to the federal budget was for me a surprise. Without the approval, I naively believed his franchise when he gave airs autonomy. Its unreserved support for the federal budget soon had me back on 2 feet on the ground. Its nationalist image takes a blow when Stephen Harper praises like a dog wags his tail at his master. Stephen Harper, the politician who keeps his word.

Why this contradiction by the leader of the Action Democratique du Quebec? Why talk more often pseudo-federalism of openness of the Conservatives that Harper himself, who does the subject exclusively in Quebec? Perhaps the answer lies in the program of the ADQ, possible without federalism full of possibilities. Sign of addiction? Not for Dumont. How could he sell his vision of autonomy if Quebeckers no longer believe in the potential gains in Canada? They may be tempted by independence.

The central government surplus emerges from scandal over ten years and, if one relies on the Conference Board, its revenues are growing faster than spending in its fields of competence, which promises more flexibility for years to come. Meanwhile, only for the costs of the system, the Quebec government spending rising faster than revenue.

If the federal budget indeed settled the question (as we want to believe Harper and Dumont), a nationalist party did not applaud, it would require retroactive payments immediately as the worst consequence of the fiscal imbalance is to have weakened Quebec making it more dependent on Ottawa.

The sad reality is different in opposition. To resolve the fiscal imbalance, there is only one solution, the point transfer tax or GST. Jim Flaherty's budget provides for only a few years of extra money in Quebec. Then? Everything will be redone. But meanwhile the Tories can boast a Regulation of so-called fiscal imbalance (still in a TV ad ...). Pure madness? Pure lie that Dumont is over eager. In truth, the Conservatives are content to temporarily manage the consequences (lack of money) instead of eradicating the causes with a permanent transfer of revenue sources.

could always argue that the federalism of openness is also the recognition of Quebec as nation within Canada. Moreover, this as well, Dumont is full of praise for the Tory leader when he knows though Stephen Harper has refused to recognize the concept.

Meeting in Quebec (our national capital), on the eve of the Feast National in 2006, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Quebec all his lieutenants have refused to recognize the existence of the Quebec nation.

The Bloc Quebecois, which has forced the hand of the minority government by filing a motion that the Canadian government to recognize Quebec as a nation. Driven to the wall, the prime minister made his political calculation and a gesture of despair, he responded with its motion-cons. His called open federalism has nothing to do with it.

Definitely Harper likes to play that card, that of openness toward Quebec. But I wonder what kind of aperture can show him who was actively working to overturn the Charter of the French language in Quebec when he chaired the National Council of Citizen from 1997 to 2002.


Mathieu