Forrest Gump was a bright guy. He said "life is like a box of chocolates. You just never know what you are going to get."
He also said "stupid is as stupid does."
This PQ government is kind of like that. Every day it's something; else every day they never cease to amaze me with their total ineptitude.
I have never seen a gang of political misfits quite like this gang: a bunch that really deserves their own island.
It really is something of a cartoon show some days. Except most of it just isn't funny
Do as he says, not as he does
Here you have Bernard Drainville, the father of the Charter of Exclusion, the poster boy for religious neutrality of the state, taking out ads in local parish bulletins.
He is spending government money on an advertisement with his face and phone number to offer his services to Roman Catholics in his riding.
The weird thing is Drainville doesn't see the contradiction.
So once again, we have proof this Charter is about elections and politics and nothing else.
Failed her only job
Then there is the case of Tania Longpré.
The party is standing by its candidate in Viau riding, at least if Pauline Marois ever learns her name and stops calling her "Sonia."
Ms. Longpré has said she supports the idea of removing the word 'Jewish' from the Jewish General Hospital, and forbidding circumcisions.
Now, since she is an official PQ candidate, she says she wasn't thinking when she said that and supports the Charter of Values as is.
So she is sorry.
And that's just fine for the Parti Quebecois: say you're sorry and it all will be forgiven.
These people have no judgment whatsoever.
When she isn't being a PQ poteau Longpré's day job is to teach French to immigrants. I wonder what is really in her lesson plans for new Canadians.
Quebec is a rich country
Then there is this gem from the recent PQ general council meeting.
Pauline Marois told the party faithful that Quebecers are in a better position to vote for sovereignty now than in 1995 because nearly two decades later they are better off financially.
That's probably true, but it's because Quebecers voted 'no' and not 'yes.'
If Quebecers had said 'yes' back in 1995 we would have never recovered. Montreal would make Detroit look good
In transfers alone this year from the rest of Canada, Quebec will receive almost $8 billion.
That doesn't include federal spending in Quebec which is probably twice that.
So when Pauline Marois starts talking about the economy, when she stands in front of a podium with a little sign saying "let's make Quebec a rich country," I do not understand what language she is speaking. Perhaps she's talking Ferengi.
The backtrack bumpkins
The Parti Quebecois has given up almost every single item they promised.
On everything from the health tax to income tax to electricity rates to promises to students, the PQ has backtracked.
A province that is on the brink of recession, a province not with a promised balanced budget but with a deficit in the billions.
So what's left? Language and identity politics.
The seeds that are being sown today in Quebec will reap a harvest of poison for years to come.
The world is beginning to take notice, not understanding what could possibly be so wrong in a place that has everything it needs to be so right.
