By announcing two important new candidacies, those of Bernard Drainville and Caroline St-Hilaire, the Coalition Avenir Québec continues to draw from the sovereignist ranks.
However, François Legault continues to deny that he still wishes to make sovereignty.
Turn hood, really?
Politics is often described as an opportunistic profession. You have to be a bit to feel the wind turning and know how to take advantage of it.
The ranks of the CAQ are swollen with opportunists. The party being new, its elected officials, its employees and its members have indeed come from somewhere; spontaneous generation does not exist.
On the other hand, I look with a rather hard eye on the former sovereignist deputies who convert to “nationalism” à la Legault. Can you really believe in “country” enough to dedicate your career to it and then see the light of Canada?
What credibility would the Drainvilles and St-Hilaires have when they became ministers during a “federal-provincial” meeting?
Sovereignism = Nationalism = Federalism
If we believe it, the nationalism that François Legault defends is a federalism that refuses to bear his name.
Compared to sovereignism, nationalism presupposes that Quebec remains within the federation. It presupposes that the nation flourishes in Canada, that the province of Quebec retains its own identity, but IN Canada.
If that’s not federalism, I’m not sure what is. Sovereignty has at least the courage to carry its convictions and to want to consecrate its camp.
When he tells us that he no longer has sovereignist aspirations, François Legault rolls us in flour. Either you are FOR the federation, or you want to get out of it. Sooner or later, François Legault will have to decide. Sovereignty or federalism.
Have fun nodding your head and saying no out loud. Your whole body becomes confused by this cognitive dissonance. This is what the CAQ is ultimately proposing to Bernard Drainville and Caroline St-Hilaire.
